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Category Archives: Mental Health

Better Thinking Podcast #31 — Dr Benjamin Habib on Living with Anxiety

November 1, 2019by Dr Benjamin Habib

In this episode of Better Thinking, Nesh Nikolic speaks with Dr Benjamin Habib about how a panic attack on live television became a turning point in his personal battle with […]

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Mental Health

Anxiety and Green Space: The Nature of Healthy Escapism

March 29, 2017by Dr Benjamin Habib

One of my most effective anxiety management strategies is regular immersion in nature.  Being in nature allows me space to decompress from the tightly-wound mechanical beat of urban life.  It […]

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Mental Health

Loosen the noose: In critique of the neck tie

February 24, 2017by Dr Benjamin Habib

It has always mystified me how a noose came to become a staple of men’s fashion.  It is ironic that the noose is the men’s fashion item de jour at […]

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Mental Health, Satire

The Hostile Workplace: Finished Before Your Time

November 7, 2016by Dr Benjamin Habib

In my first mental health blog—What It Feels Like to Freeze on National Television—I discussed the impact of the TV studio environment in triggering my now infamous panic attack.  In […]

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Mental Health

The Ecospiritual Hero Quest: A Neophyte’s Journey into Ecospirituality

September 29, 2016by Dr Benjamin Habib

 “It is hubris to declare that humans are the central figures of life on Earth and that we are in control.  In the long run, Nature is in control.” Charlene […]

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Mental Health, Permaculture

Drifting in Darkness: Battling the Depression that Accompanies Anxiety

May 18, 2016by Dr Benjamin Habib

Of all my writings reflecting on my life-long experiences coping with anxiety, this one is and will be the darkest.  In previous postings I have described how I have coped […]

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Mental Health

A Load Off My Shoulders: Removing My Social Armour

May 2, 2016by Dr Benjamin Habib 1 Comment

I’m tired.  I have been wearing many layers of social armour ever since I can remember, and that armour is heavy.  The biggest positive to come out of my TV […]

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Mental Health

Riding the Tiger: My Journey Public Speaking with Anxiety

March 9, 2016by Dr Benjamin Habib 5 Comments

Many of the people who have emailed me over the past month in the wake of my panic attack on ABC News Breakfast have assumed that I have trouble with […]

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Community Engagement, Mental Health, Teaching

Kick-Drum Therapy: Hard Music as My Anxiety Medicine

March 2, 2016by Dr Benjamin Habib 6 Comments

In this blog I explore music as a powerful force in helping me not only to cope with my anxiety but also unlock some of the rarely-discussed superpowers that come with anxiety.

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Mental Health

Jam session: Understanding my anxiety through basketball

February 22, 2016by Dr Benjamin Habib 6 Comments

In my well-publicised blog post What it feels like to ‘freeze’ on national television, I painstakingly relived the excruciating emotional and physical experience of suffering a panic attack during an […]

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Community Engagement, Mental Health

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