If you require mental health crisis support, please contact your local mental health services, your GP, or telephone 111 or the emergency services.

What Can Help?

What might help?

Having touched on the everyday challenges that someone who has experienced trauma as a developing child may face, see the list below for things that might help.

  • Going to bed and getting up at the same time where possible.
  • Using alarms on a watch to act as a prompt
  • Setting realistic goals.
  • Using a diary to keep track and to act as a reminder.
  • Keeping a visual record of tasks and commitments.
  • Taking things one step at a time.
  • Building some routine into your day.
  • Making use of apps to help build routine and to prompt and remind.
  • Breaking down tasks into manageable steps.

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