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Coping with Stress and Anxiety

Join us in this episode as we chat with Sebastian Bosca about stress and anxiety: what the difference is between the two, how you know if you are battling with stress, things you can do to relieve it, and the unhelpful behaviours we can get caught up in that don't help us along the way.

Switch

SWITCH uses Dr. Leaf’s scientifically researched and revolutionary SWITCH on Your Brain 5 Step Process® to help you take back control over your thoughts and your life. This program is designed to help you overcome anxiety, stress, and toxic thinking.

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ReachOut WorryTime

Everyone has worries pop into their head from time to time, but sometimes they won't go away and start to impact your everyday life.

ReachOut WorryTime interrupts this repetitive thinking by setting aside your worries until later, so you don't get caught up in them and can get on with your day. This means you can deal with worries once a day, rather than carrying them around with you 24/7.

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My Possible Self

My Possible Self: The Mental Health App will help you develop coping mechanisms, learn mental health management skills, and live happier on your journey to becoming your best possible self. Clinically proven to reduce stress, anxiety and low mood.

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Ted Talk: How to stop feeling anxious about anxiety

What if it turned out that anxiety isn’t actually our enemy? What if we suddenly realised our fear was trying to help us? What would happen if we stopped trying to fight anxiety and embraced it as a trusted friend?

Tim Box is a therapist, author and anxiety expert, and in his youth experienced debilitating levels of social anxiety.

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Podcast: Cleaning up the Mental Mess

Dr. Caroline Leaf is a cognitive neuroscientist, bestselling author, mental health and mind expert. Whether you are struggling in your personal life or simply want to learn how to understand and use your mind to live your best life, this podcast will provide you with practical tips and tools to help you take back control over your mental, emotional, and physical health.

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Podcast: Dealing with Stress

Dr Rangan Chatterjee talks to Ella Mills about what’s going on with the stress epidemic, from what stress really is, to how it impacts on both our mind and our body; how it’s linked to a vast variety of conditions from fatigue to anxiety, gut problems, diabetes and lack of libido; why we need to get a handle on it and how to make positive changes, particularly when it comes to technology, social media, loneliness, friendship and affirmations.

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Urgent Care

If you need urgent help please contact your doctor, or Imperial College Health Centre on 020 7584 6301.

You can also ask to see someone at the Accident and Emergency department of your nearest hospital. Information about your local A&E services can be found here - Find your nearest A&E - NHS (www.nhs.uk) Call 999 if you need help straight away

Other urgent out of hours mental health support

Samaritans - for people experience high levels of distress including suicidal feelings. Call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org, this service is 24 hours.

Shout crisis text service - offers a 24 hour text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. Text 'SHOUT' to 85258.

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Let us know what you think

If you have any comments, thoughts, or encouraging stories you want to share with us as a result of this week's topic, or any of the Kind Mind Series, please email us at counselling@imperial.ac.uk.

Coping with Stress and Anxiety