YOUR MIND PLAN

Your Mind plan helps you build a practical plan you can use to help maintain and improve your mental health and wellbeing.

By answering this short quiz, the Every Mind Matters widget gives you 5 actions that can help you feel more in control, deal with stress and anxiety, boost your mood and improve your sleep.

MOOD SELF ASSESSMENT

This self-assessment helps you better understand how you’ve been feeling over the last fortnight, and points you in the right direction for helpful advice and information on anxiety and depression

EAT WELL

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave.

It’s most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for other mental and physical health problems.

HEALTHY BODY

A healthy lifestyle will make your heart healthier. Here are 10 things you can do to look after your heart

COUNSELLING

Counselling is a talking therapy that involves a trained therapist listening to you and helping you find ways to deal with emotional issues.

SLEEP AND TIREDNESS

Many cases of tiredness are due to stress, not enough sleep, poor diet and other lifestyle factors. Try these self-help tips to restore your energy levels.

SOCIAL ANXIETY

Social anxiety disorder is an overwhelming fear of social situations like meeting or speaking to people.

MINDFULNESS

Paying more attention to the present moment – to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you – can improve your mental wellbeing.

RAISING LOW SELF ESTEEM

We all have times when we lack confidence and do not feel good about ourselves.

But when low self-esteem becomes a long-term problem, it can have a harmful effect on our mental health and our day-to-day lives.

HOW TO BE HAPPIER

Try our 6 tips to help you be happier, more in control, and able to cope better with life’s ups and downs.

ANXIETY FEAR PANIC

Most people feel anxious or scared sometimes, but if it’s affecting your life there are things you can try that may help.

Support is also available if you’re finding it hard to cope with anxiety, fear or panic.

STRESS

Most people feel stressed sometimes and some people find stress helpful or even motivating. But if stress is affecting your life, there are things you can try that may help

FEELING LONELY

STRESS

Most people feel stressed sometimes and some people find stress helpful or even motivating. But if stress is affecting your life, there are things you can try that may help

SELF HARM

Self-harm is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body. It’s usually a way of coping with or expressing overwhelming emotional distress.

10 STRESS BUSTERS

If you’re stressed, whether by your job or something more personal, the first step to feeling better is to identify the cause

TYPES OF TALKING THERAPY

Talking therapies are psychological treatments for mental and emotional problems like stress, anxiety and depression.

5 STEPS TO A MENTAL WELLBEING

ANXIETY

Seasonal affective disorder

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes in a seasonal pattern.

PHOBIAS

Phobias are more pronounced than fears. They develop when a person has an exaggerated or unrealistic sense of danger about a situation or object.

HELP AFTER RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

If you have been sexually assaulted, whether as an adult or a young person, it is important to remember that it wasn’t your fault. Sexual violence is a crime, no matter who commits it or where it happens. Don’t be afraid to get help.

CLINICAL DEPRESSION

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic violence or abuse can happen to anyone. Find out how to recognise the signs and where to get help.

EASY TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS

If you never seem to have enough time, better time management may help you regain control of your days.

PANIC DISORDER

Panic disorder is a mental health condition where you have regular panic attacks.

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

BENEFITS OF TALKING THERAPY

Talking therapies can help all sorts of people in lots of different situations. You may also hear them referred to as counselling, talking treatments or psychological therapies

SELF HELP THERAPIES

MENTAL WELLBEING AUDIO GUIDES

On this page you can listen to a series of mental wellbeing audio guides to help you boost your mood