PND: Self help exercises

Self Help Exercises

Self-Help Exercises

Anxiety and depression can be completely overwhelming and it's often hard to know where to turn. There is treatment available in the form of counselling, anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication so if you feel overly anxious or depressed, do please see your doctor. There are also some exercises and activities that you can do yourself. Although they sound simple, they are rooted in basic therapeutic principles and there are reasons why they help.

Here are some basic self help principles. Read through each of these pages, print them out if you want to, and perhaps try one or two that you think might be particularly useful to you. Get used to doing the exercises and perhaps move on to another one in a week's time. You are developing the skills that will help you to cope and to work through your illness. Many thanks to Liz Andrews for these articles.

An exercise in reducing anxiety