You may experience a range of thoughts and emotions as a carer. It is common to feel scared, worried, stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted. Often, these thoughts and feelings will get better over time, and you will feel more able to manage them. However, sometimes these feelings can persist and become too much. The following services are available online or in your area, to provide some extra support to help you to understand and manage these feelings:
National Online Support
- Carers UK: Dealing with depression and stress
- Relate: Relationship Counselling
Support in your area
- Bradford: Bradford and Craven Talking Therapies
- Leeds: Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service - Talking therapies and mental wellbeing support
- Calderdale:
- Calderdale Silver linings - Making Space - Support for older carers (over 65)
- Carers Count Calderdale - Calderdale Council - Support for unpaid adult carers in Calderdale who are 18 and over
- Harrogate:
- Wakefield: