Financial issues
Impact on mental health
Mental health and personal finances often have a strong impact on each other. If you are struggling to keep control of your money, you may find that your mental health is affected. Likewise, if you find that you cannot cope with your feelings or behaviour, you may find that you get into financial difficulties.
Ways to support yourself
- Read our blog on Money and Mental Health
- If you feel you need to talk to someone for emotional and psychological support, contact us to speak to a counsellor.
- For practical advice on managing your money, the money section of our website has plenty of resources to support you, as well as information about fees and financial support options.
- You can contact the Advice team if you think it would be helpful to speak to a Welfare Adviser one-to-one.
Specialist organisations
MIND has some useful web pages which can help you to understand more about how mental health issues can affect your finances, as well providing helpful tips for taking control of your money.
The Money Saving Expert website also has a free downloadable guide to dealing with debt for people with a mental health condition. This guide has been written to help people with mental health conditions understand how this can impact on their financial situation, and also how being in debt can lead to mental health issues. The guide explains some practical steps that you can take to improve your financial situation.