
Feeling Overwhelmed? You’re Not Alone.
If you’re carrying heavy emotions, feeling lost or hopeless, or having thoughts of self-harm, please know there is help and support ready for you. You don’t have to face these feelings in silence — reaching out is a brave and important step, and you are not alone.
Here are some resources to help:
If you need immediate support, please reach out to one of the organisations listed below, or explore the helpful resources I’ve gathered.
For ongoing encouragement, you might also find the self-care exercises available on my YouTube channel helpful — a gentle space to pause, breathe, and nurture yourself.
Remember, asking for help is a sign of strength. You’re never alone on this journey, so please reach out whenever you need to.
Contact Numbers
- FAST – Frontline Assistance for Stress & Trauma
- For anyone working in the Emergency Services, Health or Care
- https://fasttraumasupport.org.uk/access-support/
- input your contact details to request support – you will usually be matched with a practitioner within 24 hours
- Samaritans:
- Phone: 116 123 (free from any phone)
- Email: jo@samaritans.org
- You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line (free from any phone) on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).
- Hopeline247 – Papyrus – for people up to the age of 35 or those concerned about a young person
- Phone: 0800 068 4141
- Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
- Text: 07860 039967
- Shout – 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere
- Text ‘shout’ to 85258
- DPJ Foundation – Share the Load Helpline (for people who work in agriculture/farming who are experiencing poor mental health)
- Phone: 0800 587 4262
- Text: 07860 048799
- Meic – helpline service for children and young people up to the age of 25 in Wales (8am – midnight)
- Phone: 0808 80 23456
- Text: 84001
- NHS 111 Wales – free 24/7 from any phone
- Phone: 111 and select Option 2 to connect with a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner
You can find further options here.
Resources
- Anxiety:
- Bereavement
- Deaf Mental Health Issues
- Depression
- Defeating Depression
- PANDAS – Pre- and Postnatal Depression Advice and Support
- LGBTQ+
- Menopause
- Self-harm
You can find many more resources here.
