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When your body changes your life
If you or someone else is in danger, call 999 or go to A&E. If you need urgent mental-health help but it is not an emergency, use NHS 111 online or call 111 and select the mental-health option.
Living with pain or long-term illness can affect far more than the bit of you that hurts.
Losses can accumulate
Work, hobbies, independence, sleep, sex, social life and confidence may change. It is understandable for that to affect mood.
Mental-health support doesn't mean the physical problem isn't real
Psychological support can help people cope with the impact of illness or pain without implying symptoms are imaginary.
Tell your healthcare team about both
If physical illness is affecting your mental wellbeing, say so. Equally, new or worsening physical symptoms should receive appropriate medical assessment rather than automatically being attributed to anxiety.
You're not the only one
Sources & further reading
- NHS Every Mind Matters — life's challenges
- NHS Every Mind Matters — mental wellbeing tips
- NHS — mental health
Educational information, not a diagnosis. Where a problem involves money, gambling, alcohol, abuse, bereavement or another specialist issue, use an appropriate specialist service as well as mental-health support where needed.