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Anxiety awareness

Barbara Bates • Sep 19, 2019

There's almost always something you can do about it...

Do you struggle with anxiety yourself, or know someone who does? Most of us will be troubled by anxiety at one time or another. It's very unpleasant and can be debilitating.

One of the things the The Mental Health Foundation does is to raise awareness of anxiety - what it is, how to deal with and how to live with it. Go to https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z for lots of help and advice. 

There are clear links with well-being here, so it's a good time to remind ourselves of some simple things we can do to improve our level of well-being; that is Connect, Learn, Give, Exercise and Notice.

What can you do this week in each of those areas? Could you...

  • speak to a neighbour that you don't usually have much to do with 
  • start reading an interesting book about a topic new to you 
  • send flowers to a friend 
  • go for a walk 
  • just sit for a few minutes and notice the beauty of the world around you?
Remember - there's pretty much always something we can do to make a difference, however small. 

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