Throughout most of my student life, I was also a part-time barman in a club in the centre of town. One Christmas, when everyone I knew had gone home to their families and the delights of parental cooking, I stayed in Manchester to work. My boss had offered me full-time status and, crucially, pay, over the festive season and I wasn't in a position to decline. Then came news that a living legend from the dance fraternity was doing a six hour set at an all-nighter. I briefly weighed up the ignominy of going clubbing by myself against the chance to see him DJ live, and bought my ticket. As it turned out, I had a storming night which made it all the worse when it ...  Read the complete review

One of the biggest personal problems I have had to overcome in life is dealing with anxiety and depression. My warning signals for an attack of either is that my thought patterns gradually change from general head ‘business’ (which I think is my natural state of mind) to crippling thought patterns that can lead me literally into hell. My inner demons take up the shreds of my personality and weave them into a gibbering wreck too afraid to go out, too paranoid to accept the hand of friendship and so forceful they can make me believe that I have no future to hope for or aspire to. I become a mere shadow of myself – something that cannot think, has trouble .  Read the complete review

Having read through most of the opinions in this sub category I soon realised that very few have related this to the main category, which is complementary health and is generally concerned with alternative therapies and medicines. I have decided to write this opinion because while there are certainly benefits in ‘positive thinking’ it does have what you might call a darker side. On the one hand it may seem a relatively easy self help therapy but on the other it might be seen as another aspect of the modern religion of consumerism – seriously egotistical – it promotes the philosophy of I want therefore I can have. Positive ...  Read the complete review

Oh The Power Of Positive Thought…….. I read an absolute cracker of an opinion yesterday by the girl with the fluffiest slippers on site about positive thinking, and thanks for the inspiration for this opinion fluffyslippers. Can that girl write or what and talking of brilliant writers where are you grinchgirl? Anyway I am a big believer of the power of the mind and do honestly believe that you can make things happen in your life with the power of thought. Now I know a lot of people will dive in with examples of how this didn’t work for them but come on and be real here, not everything you wish for will come true. But if you set ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION ************* There is a direct relationship within our bodies between our nervous system (how we think and feel) and our immune system (what impact that has upon our physical and mental well being). Our bodies possess messengers that tell us how to feel and respond to different situations. 2% of these messengers are carried via small electrical impulses The other 98% are delivered to different areas of our bodies by a chemical process. They carry and receive messages via our blood stream, our endocrine system and our nervous system. This is an emotive process and one, which can have a positive and negative effect ...  Read the complete review