Self help and helplines
Self-help
The supports / links listed below are online resources which can support positive wellbeing and mental health which are available mainly 24/7.
Together all – Free to all Heriot Watt Students, confidential 24/7 safe space online to talk, to explore your feelings, and to learn how to improve and manage your mental health and wellbeing. Range of self-help courses which include Managing Stress and Anxiety, Depression, Self- harm, Panic and Coping with Grief and Loss.
Heriot Watt offer a self-help service with the library; books, apps and other resources to help with mental health such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, drink and drugs and sleep. You can access them free at the library or online.
Heriot Watt Wellbeing Activities
Heriot Watt Podcasts from the Wellbeing team.
School of Life, You Tube videos
iThrive - Online space for mental health and Wellbeing information in Edinburgh.
iThrive - For tips and information to boost your mental health and wellbeing.
Helplines
iThrive helplines - A range of helplines that can support you with anxiety, stress, domestic
Ted Talks
Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days
How to make stress your friend
Support around the world
If you’re not in the UK and need mental health support urgently you can look up crisis lines in your country by clicking on the following links
Helplines and crisis-lines from around the world
Consent
Consent: If you're curious about how TV might help bring conversations about consent to your University this course will give you an understanding of how TV works to support your students, welfare teams, reporting teams, academic staff and tutors.
If you would like to see any resource you feel which would be helpful to add to our site please contact g.peterson@hw.ac.uk
Feeling good App
We have partnered with the Feeling Good App to provide free access to their evidence-based wellbeing programme. All students can now access a simple mental skills training programme which teaches you how to calm your mind and develop a positive mindset, enabling greater emotional resilience to deal more effectively with the challenges of student life.
What is Feeling Good?
The app contains a safe, effective, and non-stigmatising programme, Positive Mental Training, which is widely used within the NHS for increasing wellbeing and recovery from stress, worry, and low mood.
Feeling Good’s mind-body programme is derived from Olympic sports psychology and takes you through a set of 12 physical and mental exercises. This allows you to switch to a positive state of mind, letting go of the negative emotional triggers which underpin distress, whilst simultaneously increasing your concentration and focus. You do not have to complete all 12 exercises in order to feel a difference; benefits are reported within the first few weeks of listening.
What are the benefits of the app?
- Immediately helps calm the body and mind
- Most users find a difference in their mood within the first few weeks of use
- Rapidly promotes deeper sleep and concentration
- Aids recovery from mental distress
- Develops all-round mental wellbeing
- Different to mindfulness as it combines physical relaxation with outcome-focused visualisations
- NHS-accredited
For information on how to access the Feel Good app as a Heriot-Watt student please email studentwellbeing@hw.ac.uk or visit the Student Wellbeing Centre. Our opening hours are Monday-Fri 09.30-13.00 and 14.00-16.30.