Steps to deal with stress - Minding Your Head
Steps to deal with stress - Minding Your Head
Steps to deal with stress - Minding Your Head
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• Tell them about any physical symp<strong>to</strong>ms<br />
- aches, pains, s<strong>to</strong>mach upsets,<br />
difficulty sleeping or sleeping <strong>to</strong>o much<br />
• Tell them about any troubling<br />
thoughts, especially if you’ve been<br />
thinking about death or taking your<br />
own life<br />
• Tell them about any difficult<br />
situations - it’s helpful if your<br />
doc<strong>to</strong>r understands what’s going<br />
on in your life<br />
Making a list of what you want <strong>to</strong> say is<br />
useful - or tell a trusted friend and take<br />
them <strong>with</strong> you.<br />
Talking treatments<br />
Talking treatments, such as Beating the<br />
blues (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy<br />
CBT), help people work through and<br />
change the way they think and react.<br />
Beating the blues is an effective<br />
treatment for mild <strong>to</strong> moderate<br />
depression, anxiety and panic attacks.<br />
Ask your doc<strong>to</strong>r about Beating the blues<br />
or visit www.mindingyourhead.info for<br />
further information.<br />
Counselling<br />
Counselling helps people work through<br />
their thoughts, feelings and reactions.<br />
For more information, go <strong>to</strong><br />
www.counselling-direc<strong>to</strong>ry.org.uk <strong>to</strong><br />
find a service near you.<br />
Need <strong>to</strong> talk?<br />
Call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000 if you are<br />
in di<strong>stress</strong> or despair or Samaritans on<br />
08457 90 90 90 and at jo@samaritans.org<br />
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