Wellbeing blog

The Samaritans runs its Talk to Us #WeListen awareness campaign on 24 July (24/7) each year – a reminder that its volunteers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Here are some facts you may not know.

Getting enough sleep – and sufficient quality – is important for maintaining good mental health. If you're having sleep issues, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown to work well as a treatment.

On World Suicide Awareness Day, our Chief Clinical Officer, Sarah Bateup shares some information on suicidal ideation and what it means if you have thoughts about dying

If you feel physically and emotionally exhausted because of long-term stresses at work, you may be experiencing burnout. It’s important to address it - here are 5 tips to managing work-related stress.

Typed CBT is designed to equip you to become your own therapist once you’ve finished treatment, continuing with what you’ve learned for the rest of your life. It's vital to prepare properly for this.

A ‘trigger’ is something that sets off an emotional response of some kind in the body. Understanding why this response happens can help us to make sense of and manage what's happening.

Watching someone you love suffer from depression is upsetting; their pain can sometimes become your pain. The first step is to recognise the symptoms of depression and understand how it can be treated.

Father’s Day can shine a light on painful emotions or memories that we’re able to handle the rest of the time. If you're likely to find the day hard, here are some tips for making it through.

When you experience strong feelings such as stress or anxiety, do you find yourself binge eating, grazing constantly during the day or restricting what you eat? If so, then you could be an ‘emotional’ eater.

In this blog, we share a few ideas and CBT-based techniques that might help if you’re struggling with the impacts of your condition.