CBT & Online Self Help Programmes
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Find out about your condition |
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If you don't know the name of your condition - ASK! |
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Accept that it's not your fault |
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Eat a healthy diet |
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Exercise regularly - walk each day |
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Learn how to manage stress and anxiety |
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Learn to control your anger |
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Learn a Relaxation technique |
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Build your self-esteem |
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Learn to be assertive |
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Take responsibility for managing your condition |
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Take your medication as prescribed by your doctor - report any effects |
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Avoid non-prescribed drugs and excess alcohol |
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Join a self-help group |
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Find out where you can obtain help and support |
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Ask for help sooner rather than later |
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Take up a new hobby |
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Join a leisure centre or health suite |
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Telephone someone you haven't spoken to for a while |
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Mow the lawn |
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Do a crossword |
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Clean the car |
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Go for a walk or jog |
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Get the old cycle out! |
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Visit a new church |
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Visit a museum |
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Check out what films are on at the cinema |
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Go to a concert |
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Join a self-help group |
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Browse an antiques shop |
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Learn another language |
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Start an evening class |
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Have a reflexology or aromatherapy session |
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Visit the hairdresser - new style or colour |
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Purge your wardrobe |
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Have an early night |
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Potter around town window shopping |
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Go out for lunch |
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Go to the beach - whatever the weather! |
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Learn to drive - or take a trial lesson |
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Visit a nursery or park |
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Eat something you haven't tried before |
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Join a civil rights group |
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Do some voluntary work |
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Have a swim |
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Try a new magazine or newspaper |
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Write a letter or article for a magazine or newspaper |
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Learn to meditate |
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Visit the tourist attraction |
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Walk alongside the sea, a river, reservoir or lake |
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Write a letter |
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Take a bus ride somewhere new |
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Visit an aquarium |
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Start a diary |
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Visit a car boot sale |
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Learn to Meditate, or Tai Chi, Yoga |
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Do some gardening |
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Visit the dental hygienist |
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Treat yourself to a session with a beautician |
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Write a short story or a poem |
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Listen to some favourite music |
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Bang a drum!! |
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Get some holiday brochures |
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Enter a competition |
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Visit a historical or natural site |
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Take up a musical instrument |
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Decorate a room, or a piece of furniture |
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Take up painting |
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Visit an art exhibition |
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Join a dance class |
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Do the crossword |
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Visit a nature reserve |
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Surf the internet! |
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Create a website!! |
Self-Help Books for Mental Health
26 May 2008
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