This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is centring on anxiety. Anxiety is a normal emotion in us all. Focusing on anxiety for this years’ Mental Health Awareness Week will increase people’s awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem.
Here at eNL we are focusing on anxiety in the workplace and steps that can be taken to help prevent anxiety at work and improve your all-round mental health. By following a few steps each day, focusing on the positives and breaking things down into manageable chunks will all help.
What are some of the common signs of anxiety:
- Feeling nervous
- Feeling helpless
- A sense of impending panic, danger, or doom
- Increased heart rate
- Hyperventilation
- Sweating
- Trembling
- Obsessively thinking about the panic trigger
Top Tips to Manage Anxiety at Work:
- Plan ahead
- Break each task into manageable chunks
- Set yourself realistic deadlines
- Identify triggers
- Ask for Help
You could also build yourself a wellness plan following these steps:
- Get enough sleep
- Eat healthy
- Exercise
- Engage in social activities outside the workplace
- Complete a mental health check in
We have put together a quick mental health check in which will help you keep track of how you are feeling and identify triggers and focus on some positives each day or week. Click here to download it now.
Where you can get help:
Your Employer – Many employers now offer a counselling service for their employees where they can speak to a professional in confidence. Speak to your Manager or HR department to see if they offer this service.
Mind – Open Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, excluding bank holidays. Call of 0300 123 3393 or e-mail info@mind.org.uk
Samaritans – You can call 116 123 or e-mail jo@samaritans.org
SANEline – If you are experiencing a mental health problem or caring for someone who is you can call 0300 304 7000
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK – Open from 6pm until midnight every day, offering a listening service to anyone with thought of suicide. You can call 0800 689 5652