This year for Mental Health Awareness Week we are focusing on anxiety. We all feel anxious from time to time. We are kickstarting a nationwide conversation, encouraging people to share their own experiences and any helpful ideas on how they manage anxiety.
Read : Why anxiety is the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2023The causes of stress, the signs of stress, the affects of stress, and help that is available.
Read : StressIn this story, Carol talks about how unexpectedly losing her husband during lockdown and moving to a new area affected her mental health.
Read : There should be no shame in how we feelGeorgia shares her story about what it feels like to move from being in care to living independently from the perspective of lived experience.
Read : Living alone for the first timeA booklet for parents and carers wanting to know more about anxiety in children and young people.
Read : The Anxious ChildFreelance transport accessibility consultant Hussein tells us how he’s navigating the cost-of-living crisis and the feelings of anxiety triggered by the uncertainty of the benefits system.
Read : Hussein's experience of anxietyAnxiety is a type of fear usually associated with the thought of a threat or something going wrong in the future, but can also arise from something happening right now.
Read : Anxiety: statisticsTalia's story: my experiences of loneliness and anxiety as a young mum
Read : Loneliness and anxiety as a young mumSuggestions for how to deal with anxiety and manage tough feelings.
Read : Coping with feelings of anxietyThis briefing looks at what our research has uncovered: the prevalence and rates of anxiety amongst different groups of people, and the current key drivers and risk factors for anxiety. It then considers the main ways of coping with anxiety and provides recommendations to governments across the UK for preventing anxiety.
Read : Anxiety and how to tackle it