The Little Book of Anxiety Help The Little Book of Anxiety Help

Anxiety is when you feel scared or worried about something. We all feel anxious at times.

Knowing about anxiety helps us understand the effect on our body and how we can help ourselves.

Flipping Your Lid

This short video ‘Flipping your lid’ shows how your thoughts and emotions can fuel anxiety.

Flippping your lid

There are lots of things that can make us Anxious

  • Meeting new people
  • New situations
  • Identity issues
  • Loss
  • Feel you don’t fit in
  • Fear of failure
  • Moving school
  • Relationships with family & friends
  • Moving to a new area
  • Exam stress
  • Feeling unwell

The 'Worry Wheel'

There are many ways that anxiety can affect us! We may experience one or more of the following;

  • Sweating
  • Headaches
  • Breathing quickly
  • Avoid things, places, people
  • Loss of control
  • Feeling uneasy or fidgety
  • Struggling to sleep
  • Feel sick
  • Diarrhoea
  • Panic
  • Dizzy
  • Shakes

When the reasons for feeling anxious have passed, and we still feel stuck and worried,

Please speak to;

  • Someone you live with
  • A Teacher you trust
  • Your Doctor
Further Help

10 Anxiety Busting Tips

  1. Breathe deeply
  2. Drink cold water
  3. Focus on the present
  4. Do something fun
  5. Ask for help
  6. Practice Mindfulness
  7. Track your worries with a journal
  8. Eat healthy
  9. Get enough sleep
  10. More ideas

Thinking Triangle

The Thinking Triangle shows how our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours affect one another. If we change our thoughts this can change how we feel and act.

Thoughts can affect Emotions affecting Actions.

Using this model we can teach ourselves to transform unhelpful worries, read on and see how.

So let’s say you are about to ‘meet new people’, the process below shows just changing how we think, can effect what we feel and do!

Changing a thought can change a lot!

I'm thinking

"They won't like me"

I’m Feeling

Anxious

I Will

Avoid meeting

I'm thinking

"They will like me"

I’m Feeling

Excited

I Will

Meet up

Self-care is a fantastic way to cope with anxiety, download and print the little books.

The Little Book of Self Care for Young People
The Little Book of Exam Stress Self Care for Young People

Anxiety Hack

Dr Pooky Knightsmith explores how to use ‘If & Then’ to reduce worries.

Why not try it!

Some other useful Apps (please be aware a subscription may be required)

Headspace Mindshift