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As others have already said, anything creative can help a person relax, painting being one of them. You don't even have to be any good at it, as it's just simply something to do to put your mind at ease and give it something else to think about. Writing stories, even growing plants and gardening...

The adult colouring book idea is a good one. I myself have tried these and they do work if you need to relax. I was very dubious when I was first told about them, and even felt a little silly buying one, but they do work. Obviously they won't solve your problem regarding the doctors, only a...

As you said @janemariesayed, a lot does depend on the actual issue that the person as got whether or not weed helps or not. If you are suffering from anxiety or mental health problems due to something happening in your life that you haven't got help for, and your still carrying that baggage...

I know that it probably won't make a difference to you now at this present time, but with mental health getting in the news more and more these days I do expect the service that the NHS provides to get better for the future generations. Even though the NHS is notoriously under-funded, I do think...

To be honest I wouldn't pay too much attention to these kind of free tests that you can do online to diagnose symptoms. The only real way is to actually go and speak to your doctor if you have any worries about your behaviour. I'm not saying that all these tests are a scam, but more often than...

Living in the UK and having been through the NHS system myself, I can understand your frustration. I was also told that I was allowed 10 sessions of counselling but after that I would have to pay, and at the time I simply couldn't afford it. We've spoke many times about how mental health issues...

As you say, social media and especially Facebook is there as a help, and you should be able to use it as much or as little as you want. There are many people these days that find that they are addicted to social media and can't go half an hour without checking in or posting a status. I'm not...

Like what's been said many times on this forum, getting a professional opinion is always the first step to finding a solution to the problems you are experiencing. There are many people on here that can give you advice and have been, and are still in the same position as you are, but a...

Knowing if your illness is real or deciding how severe it is, is probably one of the hardest things that we have to decide, even when we aren't an hypochondriac. I tend to go the other way and even when I am ill I choose to ignore it and just hope it will go away. I'm 39 years old, and can count...

Making a list of what makes us anxious is a good idea like @janemariesayed says. In the past I have done that and it has helped me to work out just exactly what was happening, when and why, but sometimes there sin't an easy explanation for it. People can live all their lives care free and then...

So called comfort eating is quite common I think in a lot of people. I know many people that turn to food when they are feeling stressed or anxious but having said that, I also know a lot of people that can go off food altogether. I'm more like the latter and a few years ago when I was going...

Stress tend to affect people in different ways, and I think that a lot of people who are stressed will become forgetful. In my opinion it's not so much forgetful, but more uncertain about what they have done or what they need to do. In the past I often had to double and sometimes triple check I...

For many people I think that's the case, and thinking about their anxiety and worrying about that, causes the panic attacks and the anxiety to start in the first place and it can be a vicious circle that's hard to get out of. I think that once a person as been told that they have anxiety, they...

As others have already said, those symptoms that you describe will be familiar to most people on here, and they are typical signs that a person is having a panic attack. I've learned that anybody can suffer from these, it doesn't matter what sort of person you are as I think that a lot of people...

This might seem a bit extreme, but if you are working in that kind of environment that means even your medication isn't helping, then I would start to think about removing yourself completely from that job. Like I said, I know that might seem a bit over the top, but at the end of the day your...

It was recently reported here in the UK, that gardening is the best thing that a person can do to relieve stress. The report said (for what it's worth), that while keeping active has always been one of the best things to do when combating depression and mental illness, actually keeping active by...

While we're on this subject, I think it's worth pointing out as well that some people who are shy and quiet, are simply just that, shy and quiet, and it's nothing to do with any underlying mental problems. These days it seems that there is more and more focus on mental health issues, and while...

A few years ago over here in England, I used to work in an hospital and the department I worked in ran the sleep assessments. They DO make a difference to a lot of people, and it does help a lot to get to the root of the problems they have. Your brain is just as active when your sleeping as...

Many people who suffer from depression will find that they will never find a cure, even if they do get to the root of the problem and it will affect them for the rest of their lives. That may sound a depressing situation in itself, but all is not lost and it is manageable and you just have to...

Getting that confidence behind you is imperative to feeling confident, I agree. The problem is of course is that to get that practice and that confidence then you have to have the confidence to get in the car and drive in the first place, and I think that's where a lot of people come unstuck...