Anxiety

Worry, fearful, unease, panic
Anxiety

Anxiety: being around people and large groups at university

Jess talks about how her anxiety affects her ability to attend lectures, engage in large group activates and how she accessed support from her tutor.

Try breathing in fully as the shape expands, and exhaling until the shape contracts. Repeat until you feel calmer.

Read

Mind: Self care for anxiety from Mind

If you experience anxiety or panic attacks there are many things you can do to help yourself cope.
Visit the Mind website

Listen

Webinar: Managing stress and anxiety

All of us experience stress and anxiety from time to time. 

For some of us our stress and anxiety levels are more constant and can get in the way of healthy day to day functioning. 

Our stress and anxiety podcast shares some strategies to take with you and practice in your day to day life. 

Best of all it’s available to listen to whenever and wherever you choose.

Virtual Reality game to manage anxiety: DEEP for the Oculus Rift

Breathe in. The lights around you glow and intensify. Breathe out. The glow diminishes. Take a deep breath. You rise up and glide across the seascape.

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HeadMeds

HeadMeds gives young people in the United Kingdom general information about medication. HeadMeds does not give you medical advice. Please talk to your doctor or anyone else who is supporting you about your own situation because everyone is different.
Visit the HeadMeds website

Apps 

Four popular anxiety apps:

  • SAM app is an application to help you understand and manage anxiety. The app has been developed in collaboration with a research team from UWE Bristol.
  • Headspace is meditation made simple. Install today to learn meditation and mindfulness in just ten minutes a day.
  • Calm for iPhone and Android, you’ll discover how simple meditation really is, and how taking a few moments out of your day can make you happier and healthier.
  • What's Up: When you're feeling apprehensive, use this app as a quick check-in tool to get perspective on your thoughts and feelings. This app offers plenty of grounding techniques and other mindfulness tips to bring you into the present.

Mindfulness resources

Connect

  • Anxiety UK live chat is staffed by volunteers with personal experiences of anxiety so you can rest assured that the person you speak to knows what it is like to live with anxiety. 
  • Elefriends is a supportive online community where you can be yourself. We all know what it’s like to struggle sometimes, but now there’s a safe place to listen, share and be heard.
  • Anytime Advice and Mental Health Support Helpline is free to all University of Plymouth students. It provides practical information, resources, information about local services, counselling and web-based support. 

Anytime Advice and Mental Health Helpline for students

  • Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
  • In-the-moment emotional and counselling support for all University of Plymouth students
  • Accessible by phone, email and via LiveCONNECTSM instant messaging
  • Information and advice on a range of studying, work, family and personal issues
  • Confidential
  • Completely independent from the university.
Freephone: 0800 042 0134
iConnectYou App (from iTunes or Google Play. Passcode 34800).