Generation resignation: Why millennials are refusing to return to the office
Unemployment levels are high, a recession is looming, yet thousands are turning their backs on the nine to five
9 July 2021 • 5:00am
‘I needed to stop putting energy into things that weren’t going to fulfil me’ Rosanna Stevens, 36, quit her high-profile charity job to become a travel blogger
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When you’ve got a job that is rewarding, exciting and well paid, one that others might chew a leg off for, you don’t usually decide to quit without another one lined up. Especially in the middle of a pandemic. Yet that’s what Rosanna Stevens, 36, did last October, leaving her position as celebrity ambassador manager for a high-profile charity, a role that involved working with musicians and A-list actors to help fundraise and spread awareness. ‘People would say to me: you have the best job, your job is so cool,’ she says. ‘But just because someone else wants your job, that does
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A hand-held breath ‘pacer’ has been developed to treat panic attacks thought to affect as many as one million Britons, causing symptoms such as a fast heartbeat, chest pain, feeling faint and shortness of breath.
The device, which looks like an inhaler, is being tested in two clinical trials in the U.S. with patients who suffer from panic attacks or who have had heart attacks (which can lead to raised levels of anxiety).
Current treatments for panic attacks include counselling and medication usually selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants or an anti-epilepsy drug such as pregabalin, which is thought to work by reducing the levels of the brain chemical glutamate (in turn, linked to anxiety). But the potential side-effects have driven a search for drug-free treatments.
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