I've heard a fair bit from people about these kind of treatments. It's been hard to gain funding or acknowledgement on account of what are preconceived and prejudiced ideas really. On the surface it sounds a bit wild, but ultimately on these things it's important to follow the science. If something works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't. Lots of work in the field of PTSD and the like suggests it holds a meaningful place.

A bloke went to the doctor and said he thinks he"s a dog. Doctor says, what do you mean you think yo"ure a dog? "Never mind, hop on the couch and i"ll examine you." "I"m not allowed on the couch," said the bloke! (Stole that off here.)

Strange enough My mental health was fine all the way through the pandemic up until May / June this year comming out of it and the need for vaccine passports in ireland. My mental health has just gone down the drain big time.

At least you can recognise it and admit it. There's a service here called let's talk - counselling for whatever price you can actually afford. As you're probably aware, you're not likely to get anywhere with our health service.
Anyway, best of luck mate, and remember, when Palace win - we all feel miles better. Send me a pm if you ever want a chat - no problem.

Red and Blue Army!

^^^ made me chuckle. But in a certain context, dreaming too high is only going to lead to disappointment.
Reminds me of an annual work review quite a few years back. "Forest sets himself low standards of achievement,....and yet still fails to accomplish them"

I think those living alone, particularly in cities, have been impacted a significant amount. Even small face-to-face human interactions have a beneficial impact on well-being, and people have missed that.

I think also mental illness has been demeaned quite a bit by the Covid bandwagon, of (choose your celebrity) "Ooh, I've been really suffering, haven't we all ?". Low levels of stress are part of life, get used to it.

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak