When you stop and focus on your thoughts, feelings, behaviour and everything around you, you can start to practice mindfulness.
Take a moment to think about where you are sitting right now.
Now ask yourself the following questions:
Once you have started to ask yourself these questions, the next step in practicing mindfulness is acceptance.
Accepting how and what you feel in that moment without judging yourself, your behaviour, your thoughts or emotions. This is called mindfulness.
Adding a mindfulness session to your daily or weekly routine can have a number of positive effects on your mental and physical wellbeing.
Take some time to focus on yourself and try a quick mindfulness session.
Click here to try a quick mindfulness session from Headspace.
If you are having thoughts about harming yourself or suicide, it is important to speak to someone, and if you cant speak to your family or friends, contact one of the services in the link below to get some help.
For a directory of support services for emergency, urgent and non-urgent emotional health support – including resources related to self harm – please click the following link:
Autism Space emotional health resources directory
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If you or someone else is at immediate risk of serious harm or danger, for any reason, including their mental health, you must contact the emergency services
You can either phone 999 or get the person at risk to an accident and emergency (A&E) department at a hospital
- Not all hospitals have A&E, so check first if you are not sure
- If you can’t do this by yourself, ask someone to help you
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If it’s not an immediate emergency but you have urgent mental health concerns, you can call NHS 111 and press option 2
- You will be put through to a qualified call handler, who will be able to give you the advice and support you need.
- This service is totally free and confidential and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- It is for all ages – so you can call this number if you are a parent or carer and need urgent mental health advice and support for a child or young person.
- Alternatively, you can visit https://111.nhs.uk/and follow the on screen instructions. This service is also staffed by the same qualified call handlers. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is free and confidential
Please note however that the NHS 111 service does not deal with emergencies.
Where there is an immediate, serious and life-threatening emergency, you must call 999 or attend A and E
