"I felt I was laid back until I had a panic attack" Coping with a frightening condition.

"Sarah Jane Voyce, 39, tells how she tracked down the cause of her panic attacks. Sarah, a graphic designer, lives with partner Robert and children Ailbe, nine, and Lucy, one."

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"Energy make-overs - five ways to a natural high" Take a look at these alternative cures.

"There are as many different treatments as there are reasons for feeling low on energy. W&H meets five women who found alternative solutions."

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"Make Now Wow!" Learn to live in the moment and stop pining for what you don't have.

In South Africa, it's easy to buckle under the weight of worries we face about unpleasant things that have happened or may happen. One of the best ways to stay strong is to learn to live more in the moment. "There really is no other place to live," says psychologist Hanan Bushkin, a founder of the recently opened Anxiety and Trauma Clinic in Sandton.

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Battered Baby Syndrome- refers to non-accidental injuries sustained by a baby as a result of physical abuse, inflicted by an adult caregiver.

Many things can trigger the anger that often precedes thoughts of abusing or actual abuse. It can happen when an innocent baby has colic and has been crying for hours. It can happen when a baby refuses to stay in their bed at night. Sometimes it happens when a baby throws a tantrum and won't quit screaming and the noise fills the parent's head and the parent feels overwhelmed.

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THANDIWE Koba* will never forget the morning that her eight-year-old daughter saw a murdered man lying in the street outside their home. Neighbourhood children were crowded around the victim, who had been stabbed sometime during the night.

“Nobahle didn’t cry or scream. She just stared, saying nothing,” says the Eastern Cape administrative assistant. “Afterwards, she kept asking me about knives and bad people. I didn’t know what to say to her. What do you say?”

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What could drive a mom to physically harm her baby?

SOMEONE told me a story once about a young mother driven to near insanity when her newborn refused to sleep or stop crying.

Exhausted, single and alone, she raced to the roof of her apartment building, baby in arms, and threatened to jump. Mercifully, she was pulled from the edge when residents responded to her screams.

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The crime date rape is becoming more and more prevalent. Fortunately, extensive media coverage of this crime and so called date rape drugs have made women more vigilant and aware of this potential threat. Still, despite increased awareness, the number of these incidents continues to climb.

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This article about the Anxiety and Trauma Clinic appeared in the Sandton Chronicle.

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"How to fix your fear of flying"

Megan Fox listens to Britney on her iPod during flights 'because it's not my destiny to die listening to a Britney Spears albumn.' Unkind, maybe, but she's not alone in needing to find some way of coping - fear of flying (FOF) is a common phobia.

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