Patient, diagnose thyself!

LETTERS

Do creaking hips have you immediately Googling hip replacements? Or are you tempted to call 999 for fear your heartburn is actually a heart attack this time? At midlife – and beyond – health niggles c

More of us need mental health support than ever before, but few can afford it and waiting lists are stretched. So, when can – and can’t – you step up and be your own therapist, asks Jennifer Savin, and how do you start?

Mental health can shape not just a rider’s performance, but their horse’s wellbeing. Oscar Williams discovers how to recognise the signs – and why it’s sometimes braver not to ride

LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

Between viral ‘glass’ complexions and teenagers getting tweakments, you need thick skin not to measure up where your own reflection sits. One writer asks how extreme skincare goals relocated body dysmorphia – and how to save face