When we’re under pressure we can experience a range of emotions including anxiety, frustration, and anger. Knowing how to deal with these feelings positively can improve your overall mental health and stop situations getting out of hand.

Here are our top tips for dealing with feelings of pressure in a positive way:

• Get enough sleep
• Join a self-help group
• Have counselling
• Chat to friends on the phone or in person about your feelings
• Recognise how you’re feeling and deal with it positively
• Get some anger management/anxiety training
• Get outside – fresh air and exercise is scientifically proven to help feelings of stress, anxiety, and pressure
• Start a new hobby
• Practice breathing exercises
• Step away from stimulants such as drugs, alcohol, caffeine, and sugary foods
• Go for a long walk
• Talk to other people in a similar situation
• End a harmful relationship
• Get back into education and use your brain
• Take some “me time” and relax with a book, magazine, film, or TV programme
• Accept yourself and how you feel – no one is perfect

Not sure where to start? We have trained staff that can help you recognise how you’re feeling and teach you different methods to deal with pressure positively.

You can call our main office on 023 8086 4231 for more information about our services.

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We all feel angry sometimes, it’s a perfectly natural emotion to feel, and it doesn’t have to be a problem.

However, it’s often how you express your anger that can have a negative impact on you and on those around you. We see many young people with anger management issues and one of the things we work on is how to express your anger constructively.

So, here are our top tips for dealing with your anger in a more positive way:

Deal with your anger immediately

Tackle your emotions as soon as you feel mildly irritated. You’ll find it harder to control yourself if you let it develop into anger.

Pay attention to your body

Our bodies give us physical clues about our emotions. For example, hunched shoulders or an increased heartrate can all happen when anger is building. Recognised those signs early on can help you deal with your emotions before they get out of hand.

Take away the stimulation

If you notice that you get angry when you drink alcohol, take drugs, drink fizzy drinks, or eat sugary foods – stop. Taking away the stimulation will make it easier to cope with your feelings. If you’re struggling to step away from drugs, alcohol, or other unhealthy habits, we can help.

Release your physical tension

Try beating the stuffing out of an old cushion, telling an empty chair how you feel, or going for a run.

Think and reflect

Take the time to think about the situation, what made you angry, how you reacted to your emotions, and how you might deal with similar situations differently in the future.

Feel the fear

Fear can hold you back from expressing your anger, but bottling up your emotions will make things worse. Tackle your fear and express your anger in a positive way.

If you need to talk to someone about how you’re feeling our trained staff are here to listen. You can call our main office on 023 8086 4231 to find out more information about all of our services.

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