Helpful Links
Anxiety UK
A national anxiety charity offering a free and confidential helpline plus subsidised access to therapy
www.anxietyuk.org.uk Tel: 08444 775 774 (Monday – Friday 9.30 – 5.30)
BABCP (British Association of Behavioural Cognitive Therapists)
C.A.L.M (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
Helpline for men at risk of suicide, or wishing to talk to someone: 0800 5858585if you are outside London or 0808 8025858 if you are within London. (5pm – midnight, everyday)
https://www.thecalmzone.net/ CALM
Childline
A free 24-hour counselling service for children and young people up to their 19th birthday in the UK
Tel: 0800 1111
Depression Alliance
Provides information and help on depression-related issue and a forum to chat with others suffering from depression)
http://www.depressionalliance.org/
Rethink
A mental health charity who’s mission statement is “Working together to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life
www.rethink.org
The Samaritans
Available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress, despair or suicidal thoughts
Helpline (open 24/7) 08457 90 90 90
http://www.samaritans.org
OCD Action
Provides support and information to anybody affected by OCD
www.ocdaction.org.uk / support@ocdaction.org.uk
0845 3906232
A Daily Telegraph article telling my story
Anxiety: a very modern malaise – Telegraph