This week is Mental Health Awareness Week with a focus 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.

What can we do to cope with feelings of anxiety?

There are lots of things which we can do to help manage feelings of anxiety, and what works will be different for everyone. The www.mentalhealth.org.uk website shares lots of resources including nine evidence-based things you can try to help manage feelings of anxiety. Check these out here.

The Mental Health Foundation has also shared a guide: What can we do to cope with feelings of anxiety? You can find this document on the UK News download page:  Coping with Anxiety (1275 downloads)