Self-care/ Managing Stress

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Person 1

Why did you choose that mental health self-help material?

"Because it makes you want to look after yourself because otherwise you’ll lose your streak and not take care of your character which is cute. This responsibility makes me feel more likely to look after myself in order to care for my character."

What were you hoping or expecting the self-help materials would help you with?

"Self care and feeling less stressed."

 What helped or didn’t help you actually use or stick with the material?- think what was going on for you at the time, how it was written, how it looks, how it made you feel.

"I was struggling with taking time out to care for me and do nice things because I had a lot of other things going on. This app made me prioritise self care and looking after me because of the responsibility of keeping my streak and looking after my character as I am more likely to help and care for others than myself."

Did you feel the self-help made a difference to you or change anything for you? If so in what way?

"Yes because I now take more time for myself and helps me to remember that self care can be little things and self care isn’t selfish."

Person 2

"On the finch app I use the breathing exercises"

"Breathing Helps me calm down and I like having something to guide me through it"

"I regularly use youtube affirmations when i’m going through a difficult time. For example, when i got back my chemistry test and i saw that i pretty much failed it. it started as a joke with my friends to do affirmations together after bad tests, but after a while it just stuck. We use videos such as these (click link above)."

"they also do help with my anxiety and with self esteem issues (i’m talking about affirmations), in a fake it til you make it way. they don’t provide a concrete change, but it’s helpful to hear it so i can eventually think it."