Will Turner

Category: anxiety management

  • What does religious OCD look like?

    What does religious OCD look like?

    One of the features of my mental breakdown was the religious form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) which is known as Scrupulosity. I share this to help raise awareness about the kind of mental difficulties some young adults can find themselves in when they take the Bible seriously. 

  • A fly-through of my new book about beating severe depression and anxiety

    A fly-through of my new book about beating severe depression and anxiety

    With my debut book Beating Hospital Grade Depression and Anxiety: A Lived Experience Guide to Recovering Your Body, Mind and Spirit launching this week, I thought it would be helpful to give a quick fly-through of it for potential readers.

  • What Taylor Swift and Shakespeare have in common

    What Taylor Swift and Shakespeare have in common

    You can skim read the news, an email or a social media post, but you can’t read poetry in a hurry. The fact I need to slow down in order to appreciate what a poet has to say is a major reason I find it beneficial for my mental health.

  • Being mindful in a digital age

    Being mindful in a digital age

    The digital tools that help us to stay connected to each other, do our work and learn new things also place relentless demands on our attention, which can lead to mental health issues. These are my learnings about preventing technology-induced anxiety from overusing smartphones, plus tips on staying focused.