To help you deal with feelings of anxiety & depression so that you can feel "freer"
Anxiety can cause feelings in your mind and/or body of unease, worry or fear. Depression is feeling low. Both of these can be brought on by things that happen in your life and can also be a result of changes in body chemistry. It's not unusual to have both anxiety and depression.
We all have feelings of anxiety or low mood at times. They can be helpful indicators that we should make some changes to what we do or how we think about things, or to focus on other priorities. However, too much anxiety or low mood can be debilitating, preventing you from helping yourself.
The good news is that anxiety or depression can either be treated or cured outright. Both types of feeling are often dealt with secretively but there are techniques to help you overcome these feeling - see the resources below. It can also be worth sharing your thoughts with someone you trust who can help to give you another perspective on what you are feeling.
Websites Offering Support:
Together
is a national charity working alongside people with mental health issues on their journey towards independent and fulfilling lives.
The Mighty
want having a disability or disease to not be isolating. That’s why The Mighty exists. When you look online for help, often you find medical information but for those of you that want a community, The Mighty is building just that. The Mighty is a safe platform to share stories, connect with others and raise support for the causes they believe in. You are stronger when we face adversity together. They have also partnered with over 100 nonprofit allies to deliver their resources to their community.
No Panic
is a registered charity which helps people who suffer from Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and other related anxiety disorders including those people who are trying to give up Tranquillizers.
No Panic also provides support for the carers of people who suffer from anxiety disorders.
Mind – Peer Support
is when people use their own experiences to help each other. Forms of peer support include:
- community groups
- mentoring
- befriending
- self-help groups
- online communities
- support groups
How you choose to meet up or connect with people is very flexible and depends on your personal preferences. Peer support can improve your emotional health, wellbeing and sense of belonging.
Mind
provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding. Their mission is not to give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
Have I Got a Problem?
offers free online resource to help you understand issues or concerns you may have about addiction issues and mental health.
Blurt
exists to make a difference to anyone affected by depression. Being diagnosed can be overwhelming – there’s a lot to learn and plenty of prejudice to battle. Telling people is tough, and not everyone will understand.
Blurt exists, whenever you need them, for anything at all. They will help you understand depression and what it means for you. They’ll support you, listen to you and introduce you to people who’ve been where you are. They’ll help you break down barriers and broach the subject with those closest to you. They’ll help you help yourself, with a little knowing nod.
Books on this subject:
What Happy People Know
A challenging, no-nonsense & empowering approach to dealing with whatever life throws at you and coming out the other side with an unfailingly positive attitude.
The Mindfulness Breakthrough
In this comprehensive guide Sarah Silverton explains how the gentle yet highly effective mindfulness approach will help you to live in a calmer, wiser and more positive way. By engaging fully in the present moment, you can still your mind’s negative chatter and escape unhelpful automatic reactions that hold you back. This ground-breaking, clinically proven approach to the treatment of stress, anxiety and depression is now widely used by professionals in health services, social care and education and is a simple yet powerful self-help tool to living a happier healthier life.
Reasons to Stay Alive
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE?
Aged 24, Matt Haig’s world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.
A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth.
“I wrote this book because the oldest clichés remain the truest. Time heals. The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view. The tunnel does have light at the end of it, even if we haven’t been able to see it… Words, just sometimes, really can set you free.”
Pulling the Trigger: OCD, Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Related Depression – The Definitive Survival and Recovery
“Voted the UK’s No 1 innovative self-help book to support mental health recovery. An awe-inspiring and ground-breaking approach to mental health recovery, designed to give sufferers and their families compassionate, practical, and life-changing advice.”
From the heart and soul of lifelong mental health sufferer; Adam Shaw, combined with the expert mind of the talented and leading psychologist; Lauren Callaghan, this book is cohesively divided into two helpful parts. Detailed from the separate perspectives of a sufferer and a psychologist is an insight into mental health recovery that sufferers can really relate to.
OPEN: Why asking for help can save your life
Frankie Bridge opens up about her ongoing journey from breakdown to breakthroughs and through self-loathing, hospitalization and self-acceptance. It also features guidance and advice from the psychologist and psychiatrist who pulled her back from the brink along with their notes on her and conversations with her. This book will help you to understand the importance of talking and helping each other.
Notes on a Nervous Planet
The world is messing with our minds.
Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet feel more alone. And we are encouraged to worry about everything from world politics to our body mass index.
– How can we stay sane on a planet that makes us mad?
– How do we stay human in a technological world?
– How do we feel happy when we are encouraged to be anxious?
After experiencing years of anxiety and panic attacks, these questions became urgent matters of life and death for Matt Haig. And he began to look for the link between what he felt and the world around him. Notes on a Nervous Planet is a personal and vital look at how to feel happy, human and whole in the twenty-first century.
Coping with Anxiety and Depression
This is an updated self-help guide for anyone who suffers from depression and anxiety. It explains how and why these conditions occur, suggesting positive ways of coping successfully. It includes case histories, and describes the different drug and non-drug treatments available. A list of additional books and tapes is also included.
Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief
Significant loss and unresolved grief are not always thought about when you have anxiety. However, these can be primary underpinnings of anxiety. Claire Bidwell Smith bridges these two emotions in a way that is deeply empathetic and eminently practical. This book can help if you’re suffering from anxiety but not sure why. Equally it can help if you’re struggling with loss and looking for solace. Using research and real life stories, grief expert, Smith, presents a concrete foundation in order to help you heal. It takes a big step beyond Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s widely accepted five stages. It includes tools and coping strategies for panic attacks, getting a handle on anxious thoughts, and more.
Anxiety: Panicking about Panic
A powerful, self-help guide for those suffering from an Anxiety or Panic Disorder (Panic Attacks, Panic Attack Book)
This book is for people who suffer from the various symptoms of anxiety. The book acts as a guide and draws from the experiences of author and counsellor, Joshua Fletcher. Joshua lived with anxiety disorder for years before successfully overcoming the condition. The book is for people who are experiencing panic attacks and worried about further panic attacks. It is also for those feeling abnormally anxious and ruminating about health. Plus, for those wondering why anxiety is present in the first place.
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