Anxiety
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a feeling of unease, such as worry or fear, that can be mild or severe. Anxiety is your body’s natural response to stress. It’s a feeling of fear or apprehension about what’s to come. Everyone has feelings of anxiety at some point in their life and you may find that you feel worried about sitting an exam or a big meeting at work, which is perfectly normal. However if you find it hard to control your worries and your feelings of anxiety are more constant and affect your day to day life then you may need some help to manage this.
Some symptoms of Anxiety:
- feeling restless or worried
- having trouble concentrating or sleeping
- dizziness or heart palpitations
Self-help for Anxiety
There are many things you can do yourself to help reduce your anxiety, such as:
- going on a self-help course
- exercising regularly
- stopping smoking
- cutting down on the amount of alcohol and caffeine you drink
- trying 1 of the mental health apps and tools in the NHS Apps Library
Wellbeing team comment
"Whenever I feel anxious, I have recently found that cleaning my surroundings makes me feel a lot more relaxed and gives me a sense of accomplishment which does wonders for my everyday mental health. I’m not alone in this, it's estimated that 70% of people get some relief from their anxiety symptoms just by cleaning up. We want to be able to do something when we get anxious and what we really want is to be in control and take action, cleaning can be a simple and effective way to do that"
