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How to deal with anxiety and depression

How to deal with anxiety and depression
Hear what experts and people who have suffered from anxiety and depression say about the best ways to deal with them, including different therapies and activities such as yoga.
Benny Ratnani, 75, is the owner of Bee Dee Manufacturing in Hong Kong and one of a growing number of local residents who are working past the traditional retirement age of 65. Photo: Sun Yeung
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75-year-old Hongkonger works over 70 hours a week. Why is he still so happy?

More seniors in Hong Kong like Benny Ratnani are working past 65 not just for financial reasons, but to retain self-esteem and self-worth.

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Parents of Hong Kong’s ‘Girl Behind the Face’ finally share their story

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For these Hongkongers, walking isn’t just exercise – it’s therapy

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Singaporean pro boxer uses skills from the ring to dominate life’s other fights

Efasha Kamarudin credits boxing for helping her build self-confidence, tackle body-size hang-ups and bounce back from new motherhood blues.

Efasha Kamarudin, known professionally as The Face, poses inside the ring at the Spartans Boxing Club in Singapore, where she trains. Photo: Instagram/fash_theface
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How mobility exercises can help you stay active and healthy as you age

Mobility exercises strengthen your muscles, increase your range of motion, and help you stay healthy in body and mind as you get older.

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She quit her corporate job to walk 5,700km alone across America

Jessica Guo became the first woman to hike a continuous route linking the Continental Divide Trail with the Great Divide Trail.

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Free Hong Kong therapy sessions help long-distance carers ‘feel less alone’

Being a carer for an ageing relative in another country can be draining. Red Door Counselling’s weekly online sessions are here to help.

Red Door Counselling counsellor-in-training Angela Kaur Baura with her mother, who lives in Dubai. Kaur Baura says that Red Door’s online sessions, which she now helps host, help her cope with being a long-distance carer. Photo: Angela Kaur Baura
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Sports helped this trans man gain confidence. What else can exercise do?

Sports were crucial for Emery Fung when he struggled with body dysmorphia. A sports psychologist explains just how far their benefits can go.

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Trending in China

Chinese actress claims talent agency forced exorcism to treat her depression

TV star Zhao Lusi says company locked her in room with a shaman who told her an evil spirit possessed her.

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He’s 80 and still running marathons. How does Olympian Jeff Galloway do it?

Galloway, whose Run-Walk-Run method has helped countless people take up endurance running, reveals how he trains and what he eats.

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Inspirational American Olympian Jeff Galloway has made finishing a distance race accessible to almost everyone through his Run-Walk-Run method. Photo: Jeff Galloway
Kenya

Dennis Ombachi, Kenyan rugby-player-turned-TikTok-star, cooks to fight depression

A bad injury forced him to retire from rugby, giving rise to depression, but inspired by the food and cooking videos, he became a chef and made hit videos.

Former Kenya rugby sevens star Dennis Ombachi on the set of his cooking videos featuring his famous balcony with the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in the background. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Opinion | In Hong Kong, the alarm bells are ringing for children’s mental health

Child abuse is on the rise, alongside mental disorders and suicides among youngsters, with too many still not getting the help and treatment they need.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

ADHD, depression the most common among Hong Kong schoolchildren: surveys

ADHD is most prevalent mental disorder among primary school pupils, while depression is leading one across secondary students.

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Education in Hong Kong

Number of Hong Kong students with mental health woes doubles in 4 years

Some fear it’s the tip of the iceberg, but others say surge reflects awareness, willingness to seek help.

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In five years, the number of Hong Kong children with mental problems rose from 25 to 43 among those as young as six to eight and from 30 to 86 for those in Primary Four to Six. Photo: Shutterstock
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‘Terrible insomnia’, anxious, depressed: how one woman’s relief was running

Taking up running helped Sarah Keates reduce her anxiety and depression, especially when adding yoga and meditation, helping her see that ‘the mind-body connection was very real’.

Sarah Keates took up running to feel better emotionally and reduce her anxiety and depression, and was surprised at how much it helped her physical health concerns.
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How Mind Hong Kong’s campaign to exercise outdoors can help fight anxiety

A month-long campaign in Hong Kong to get people outdoors and go 30km launches in March. Last year’s participants in Move it for Mental Health said it motivated them to exercise more regularly.

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Hong Kong eye treatment finding may help combat depression and dementia

Transcorneal electrical stimulation, a treatment for various eye conditions, may also have a role in combating depression and dementia, Hong Kong researchers find.

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‘I talk to myself as if to a friend’: the value of mental health self-care

Self-care is vital for our mental health, says clinical psychologist Ella Tsang, who herself saw a number of therapists as a teen struggling with anxiety and depression.

Psychologist Ella Tsang says receiving counselling herself as a teenager for depression and anxiety was the start of a process that has made her a better therapist. Self-care is a big factor in good mental health, she says. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
Coronavirus Hong Kong

‘I feel like I’m talking to myself’: living with Hong Kong’s zero-Covid strategy

Mental health organisations have reported an increase in calls for help, saying clients feel exhausted and lonely under social-distancing rules.

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The hypnosis app that may help you unlock better health, happiness, sleep

A certified hypnotherapy practitioner in Hong Kong, Christine Deschemin, created UpNow, a hypnosis app that puts stress relief within easy reach. Users describe its benefits.

Coronavirus pandemic

How do we fix our brains once the Covid-19 nightmare finally ends?

People are slowly coming out of the pandemic, but as they re-emerge there is still a lot of trauma to process. Not only that, our brains have changed, too. How do we reverse the mental damage Covid-19 has caused?

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People are slowly coming out of the pandemic, but there is a lot of trauma to process. Not only that, our brains have changed, too. How do we reverse the mental damage Covid-19 has caused? Photo: Getty Images
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Anxiety disorder sufferer launches podcast to find cure for his attacks

In his podcast Talking Mental, Hong Kong-raised New Zealander Aaron Stadlin-Robbie asks professionals for advice on how to manage his anxiety attacks, hoping to find even slight relief from a condition that has changed his life.

Anxiety sufferer Aaron Stadlin-Robbie with his wife Amy and son Archie. He will launch a new podcast series, Talking Mental, in November.
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