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  • Wellbeing Apps

    Theses days we are all about our phones

    Now you can get apps on your mobile phone to help you wherever you go and at any time.

    There are many different apps out there, all with different benefits.

    Here is a sample of free apps and brief description of what they offer.

    • Apps to help with Mindfullness

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      Smiling Mind

      Smiling Mind was created to make mindfulness and meditation accessible to everyone. All you need is 10 minutes a day. This app offers guided meditations to improve mental health and academic performance.

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      The Mindfulness App

      The aim of The Mindfulness App is to make the practice of mindfulness accessible to everyone. This app offers gentle reminders throughout the day, as many people struggle to remember or make time each day.

    • Apps to help with Anxiety 

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      Breathe2Relax

      Breathe2Relax teaches diaphragmatic breathing, a technique that increases oxygen capacity that's been shown to lower the heart rate, lower blood pressure, and help relieve stress.4 This type of breathing can help people who are experiencing panic, anxiety, PTSD, or anger. The app features videos, reading materials, and ways for users to track their progress.

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      Self-Help for Anxiety Management (SAM)

      Self-Help for Anxiety Management (SAM) offers a range of self-help methods to help you manage anxiety. It has been developed by psychologists and provides 25 self-help options on anxiety, relaxation and health.

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      My Possible Self

      This app helps with anxiety, sleep, stress, depression & wellbeing and includes interactive tools and coping strategies, to guide you through life’s challenges and help you take care of yourself. Including Mood trackers to record how you feel and help you understand your moods. Visual and audio exercises - to help boost your mood, relax your mind or drift off to sleep. Journals - to record worries, emotions and actions in the moment

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      Panic Relief

      Panic Relief is designed to help in the midst of high anxiety or a panic attack. The app guides you through the sensations that accompany panic and helps you to stay calm during an attack . It also helps you to understand what is happening in your body during a panic attack as well as breathing and relaxation exercises, positive visualization to help you to calm yourself.

    • Apps to help with Mental Health

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      WellMind

      WellMind is a pioneering app designed to empower you in your journey towards improved mental health. With a user-centric approach, WellMind integrates innovative features that cater to your emotional well-being, offering a holistic experience from the comfort of your surroundings.

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      WorryTree

      WorryTree is a very simple, easy-to-use and practical app that will support you through the problem-solving process helping you to either make a plan to deal with your worry or find in-the-moment distractions to help you cope and move on with your day. WorryTree was built by people who worry, for people who worry. Having learnt how to manage our own worries better, we wanted to give you the tools to help you manage your worries and take back control of your life.

    • Apps to help with Depression

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      What's Up?

      This app can help those who are struggling with depression, dealing with anxiety, stress, anger, and other issues, as it helps to identify thought patterns that lead to negative feelings and offers up alternate ways of thinking during tough times. It offers features like relaxing breathing techniques, a journal to keep track of thoughts and moods, guided exercises to help you feel grounded, and other inspirational materials.

    • Apps to help avoid Self Harm

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      Calm Harm

      Calm Harm is an app funded by NHS England to help manage the urge to self-harm.                                               

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      StayAlive

      The Stay Alive app is a suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis.

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      BlueIce

      BlueIce is a prescribed evidence-based app to help young people manage their emotions and to reduce urges to self-harm. It includes a mood diary, toolbox of evidence based techniques to reduce distress and automatic routing to emergency numbers if urges to harm continue.

    • Apps to help you Keep Fit

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      Active 10

      Track and build up your daily walks – start with 10 minutes every day!

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      Couch to 5K

      A running app for absolute beginners, as well as recent Couch to 5K graduates.

  • Self- Help Books

    When you're not ready to talk to someone, self-help books can offer information and skills to enable management.

    Self help books and guides are available from our campus library.

    Examples....

    Who moved my cheese? Reasons to stay alive Making friends with anxiety A mindfulness guide for the frazzled The wild remedy : how nature mends us Stress : the psychology of managing pressure Mind over mood Getting better bite by bite Can I tell you about depression? CBT You are a champion

    All these and more are available from our library.

    Also take a look at the library's self-help ebooks below...

    Make yourself cozy Be more confident Mental Beat low self-esteem with CBT Yoga for anxiety Relaxation techniques Stop avoiding stuff The anxiety first aid kit Mindfulness for students Beat stress with meditation The easy way to mindfulness The resilience workbook Eco-anxiety The anxiety skills workbook Black fatigue The mindful twenty-somthing

    Click on the book covers to go straight to the ebook links