Author: Oliver de Nicolai
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Fear of Death: Why It Happens and How Counselling Can Help
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Fear of death is far more common than many people realise. For some, it’s an occasional thought. For others, it becomes persistent, distressing, and difficult to shake. This fear often appears when death stops being an abstract idea and becomes personal. That can happen after a near-death experience, a serious…
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Australia’s Growing Mental Health Crisis: What the Last Five Years Reveal and Why It Matters Now
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Australia has reached a turning point. Over the past five years, mental health has shifted from a background concern to a central driver of social strain. The most reliable national data—from the ABS, AIHW and leading mental health organisations—show a clear and sustained rise in psychological distress, particularly among young…
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Emotionally Feral: What It Means, Why It Happens, and How to Heal
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Learn what it means to feel emotionally feral, why this happens, how it impacts mental health and relationships, and how Blue Healers Counselling can help. There are times in life when emotions feel wild, overwhelming, and impossible to regulate. Many people describe this as feeling emotionally feral: raw, reactive, and…
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Hyper-Independence: When “I Can Do It Myself” Becomes a Burden
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Hyper-independence is often a trauma response, not a personality trait. Learn why it develops and how it affects mental health and relationships. Hyper-independence is often praised as strength, resilience, and self-sufficiency. But when the instinct to “handle everything yourself” becomes a default survival mode, it can quietly erode emotional wellbeing…