I know a lot of people say "I don't have time to use online resources" well now is a good time to start.

If you are at home, out of work, self-isolating etc then you can use this time to look after your mental health and make a big difference to your life. No excuses people - get reading.


Check out Robin's CBT help website here: https://cbt4panic.org/


Loads of NHS Mental Health Apps here: https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/category/mental-health/


Have a read of these:

Helping Health Anxiety
Overcoming Health Anxiety: This InfoPax is designed to provide you with some information about health anxiety, including how it develops, how it is maintained, and how to decrease your health worries and concerns. It is organised into modules that are designed to be worked through in sequence. We recommend that you complete one module before going on to the next. Each module includes information, worksheets, and suggested exercises or activities. Modules:


  • Module 1: Understanding Health Anxiety
    This module provides an overview of what health anxiety is, how it can be a problem, and what kind of impact it can have on a person's life. PDF document: 272kb. Updated 15 September 2011.
















  • Module 5: Re-evaluating Unhelpful Health Related Thinking
    This module explores how your thoughts can influence your feelings, physiological state, and behaviours. This module then discusses ways to evaluate and overcome unhelpful health related thinking. PDF document: 251kb. Updated 15 September 2011.




  • Module 6: Reducing Checking and Reassurance Seeking
    This module explores the different ways people check and seek reassurance regarding their health concerns, discusses the difference between helpful and unhelpful checking and reassurance seeking, and introduces strategies to reduce or eliminate these behaviours. PDF document: 309kb. Updated 15 September 2011.




  • Module 7: Challenging Avoidance and Safety Behaviours
    This module explores how avoidance and safety behaviours can keep health anxiety going, and introduces a strategy to gradually reduce and overcome these behaviours. PDF document: 259kb. Updated 15 September 2011.




  • Module 8: Adjusting Health Rules and Assumptions
    In this module we will focus on challenging the unhelpful rules and assumptions that can keep you caught in the vicious cycle of health anxiety. PDF document: 195kb. Updated 15 September 2011.
  • Module 9: Healthy Living and Self Management Planning
    This final module brings all the concepts of this information package together, presents a new model for healthy living, and includes a self-management plan to help you to stay on track in the future. PDF document: 234kb. Updated 15 September 2011.