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  • I would like to feel good about myself
    • Two men chat on sofaMental Health Recovery Workers will support you to look at your life and to set yourself achievable goals.
    • When you are feeling at your lowest, you might ask a Support Worker to call in to check that you are OK and to help to motivate you to look after yourself. 
    • Retail Therapy, Woman holding shopping bags WMHD QuizSupport workers can help you to organise a ‘make over’, a trip to the hairdressers, or to shop for new clothes.
  • I need help coping with stress
    • Stress often makes it difficult to cope with public transport.  Rethink staff can provide gentle ‘transport training’.
    • group of 4 people talking in the garden Joining a peer support group can show you that we all go through stress and people will share their tips on coping.
    • Rethink run condition management programmes with follow up peer support groups.
    • Forresters garden and summer houseWhen you need to take a break Rethink provide the Respite Care Hotel in the New Forest area of Hampshire where understanding staff will organise as much or as little activity as you want to do.
  • I want to get more physically healthy
    • Rethink workers and the NHS can supply smoking cessation sessions with you
    • running machines at the gymYou can be supported to go the gym and to do other physical activities like golf.
    • Support workers help you to think about healthy eating, and help to plan shopping and to cook meals.
  • I need to sort out the way that I use addictive behaviour to make me feel better
    • There are dual diagnosis services within Rethink to help you look at your problems with addictions.
    • Rethink can refer you to the appropriate support service to work on your addictions.
    • Rethink have smoking cessation workers.Stubbed out cigarette
    • Use talking therapies to work out ways to manage your life so that you can cut down on addictive behaviour.