Coping with Anxiety.

Last week was Mental health Awareness Week and the theme was on anxiety.

Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all, but sometimes it can get out of control and become a mental health problem.

Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, starting a new job (or losing one) or other big life events. We can also get anxious when it comes to things to do with money and not being able to meet our basic needs, like heating our home or buying food. But anxiety can be made easier to manage.

Many people suffer with different levels of anxiety every day and there are lots of effects that anxiety can have on the body and mind and they can become debilitating.

A few ways in which you can manage you anxiety are;

• Talk therapy.
• Medication (especially if it is severe).
• Self-care.
• Looking after your physical health.
• Keeping a diary.
• Ensuring you have a good support network and people to talk to.

In order to mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we asked some of our Health and Wellbeing Champions and Mental Health First Aiders, to write down what they do to help their anxiety. There might be a few strategies that could help if you are experiencing anxious thoughts. This can be found on the Padlet 

For further information on anxiety please go to Mind website. Any other help and support can be found on our intranet pages.

 

Article submitted by: Health and Wellbeing Team