Stress and anxiety support
These resources are here for you to try if you're feeling anxious, panicked, stressed or worried. You can also use them while you're waiting for a conversation with Shout to start.
These resources are here for you to try if you're feeling anxious, panicked, stressed or worried. You can also use them while you're waiting for a conversation with Shout to start.
Whether you’re feeling anxious, stressed, worried, overwhelmed or low, our 'Little Book of Coping Skills' has plenty of tips and techniques you can try to help you feel calmer and refer back to whenever you need them.
Shout's mood journal can be a helpful way to take note of how you're feeling over a two week period. Save the picture to your phone and colour in how you feel each day. You can then use it to compare to previous weeks, or show it to a GP, therapist or parent to help start a conversation about how you're feeling.
Aged between 13 - 18 and got a spare 30 minutes? Want to learn new ways of dealing with stress, low mood and worry? Help psychologists at the University of Bath test an online programme designed to boost coping skills in teens. By answering a few questions and without having to talk to anyone, you'll learn about how your brain works, how best to achieve your goals and how to apply the skills you learn to your life.
Grounding techniques for when you're feeling anxious or overwhelmed.
For: All Ages | GIF | Coping Skill | Breathing exercise visual aid for anxiety or panic attacks.
For: All ages | Mindfulness tips and techniques | Video
For: All ages | PDF | Interactive workbook to learn about anxiety and how to cope with it.
Be part of a programme teaching young people between 16 - 19 about the science of sleep and ways to improve yours. The programme is online, anonymous and you can go at your own pace. You will be asked to complete some questionnaires about yourself, including your habits and mood.
For: All Ages | Anxiety Support and Information | Anxiety UK is a leading charity supporting those suffering with anxiety. They offer information phone lines, a text line service as well as numerous options and support options via their website.
For: All ages | Sleep | smartphone app | The Pzizz app helps you to quiet your mind, fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up refreshed. It uses "dreamscapes" – a mix of music, voiceovers and sound effects designed using clinical research – to help you sleep better at night or take power naps during the day. "Classic Pzizz" is free to use.
Some tips to help you if you're struggling to sleep