by Sallie Crawley | Oct 13, 2022 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Tests, Medicines, Treatments & Surgery
Feeling emotional after a heart attack, surgery, or cardiac arrest? I’m sure, whilst you are reading this, you may be feeling as though you can’t see an ending to this anxiety and worry. You may even think it’s pointless trying. You may have started...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 7, 2018 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation
Not only is lack of sleep and poor sleep quality frustrating and debilitating, but it also affects your mood and your well-being. It has been found that lack of sleep can increase the risk of heart attack along with many other health issues. In relation to heart...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 6, 2018 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Therapies
Many people experience anxiety and stress, along with depression following a serious health issue such as a heart attack. As part of rehabilitation the team may recommend managing stress as one of your risk factors. Using therapies and techniques such as Hypnosis, NLP...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 6, 2018 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Therapies
How do you get your mojo back after a cardiac event? After a major illness such as a heart attack or cancer, it’s not just the physical body that is affected, it’s how you feel too that counts. Your self-esteem and confidence take a knock too. When you...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 4, 2018 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help
I have experienced fear and panic attacks! Even though I knew they were unreasonable I felt like I couldn’t control them. Do you feel the same? It’s not surprising as having a life changing event is a scary experience! In my case it was a heart attack, breast cancer...
