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2. Stress and Depression
Stress can often times lead
to depressive and/or
anxious states
Examples:
Work, Family
Bills
Studying
Workload
Relationships
Friends
Depression or Anxiety is
the most common MH
issue in the UK
1 in 4 people in the UK will
suffer a MH issue.
12% of the population suffer
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25% of older people will
suffer Depression.

3. Signs of …
Depression
Anxiety
low, despairing mood
Persistent state of apprehension
changes in appetite and
weight
Catastrophic thinking
sleep problems
loss of interest in work,
hobbies, people or sex
Many more….
Irritability or edginess
Intense and sudden feelings of panic
Fear of losing control or going
“crazy”

4. Exhaustion Funnel

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6. Mindfulness is…
The awareness that emerges through paying attention on
purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally to
things as they are.
A Therapeutic tool that enables us to switch from
unhelpful mind states.
Why does it help?
It it the opposite of ruminative thinking that makes low
moods persist and return.

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8. The Rumanitive Mind
“Ruminative response style ” – some people
have a tendency to over focus for prolonged
periods of time on negative mood and material,
generally in a obsessive belief that such
attention will enable them to solve the
“problem.”
Instead they increase and maintain the emotional
state, while arriving at no “solution”.
Like a Hamster on a wheel.

9. Cognitive Therapies…
Most Cognitive Therapies focus on decentering people
from Ruminative thinking and forcing change.
The successful part is decentering someone from
Ruminative thinking.
Why force change?
Mindfulness focuses on the successful part of the strategy,
rather than forcing change.
Mindfulness gives strategies to cope with life as it actually is.

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11. The Doing Mode
The doing mode is the state of mind triggered when
something is perceived as not the way we want it to be.
This is fine when there is an easy or achievable solution.
So what is the problem?
Sometimes there isn’t an achievable solution right now.
The mind gets stuck in this mode and mood is driven lower.

12. The Being Mode
We are called Human Beings, but we spend most of our
time doing….
This mode is not driving us to a goal , so is much gentler.
What is its use?
It is the mode of acceptance and allowing, it’s kinder on us
It allows us to focus on now and lower stress, depression
It doesn’t regret the past or worry about the future.

13. The War Game
When we get on the horse and ride into battle with
against problems we go to war with Depression, anxiety,
emotions etc
The problem is that a large part of what we are going to
war with is actually ourselves.
What is the problem with that?
You are fighting yourself , there is no winner
Because of the battle you become more anxious, more
depressed. A vicious circle.

14. Experiential Avoidance
This is the process we go through as we try to avoid our
own feelings, emotions , physical sensations and
memories
It causes more problems because then we avoid
exercising and socialising because of depression and
anxiety
So what happens?
We feel worse
Control is the problem not the solution

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