COPEScotland recognise that COVID19 has had some impact on all of us. Maybe in different ways, but very few people haven't been affected. It can feel as if our world has been shattered into pieces and nothing seems certain and the worry and uncertainty about what next, can feel overwhelming and we feel exhausted, worn out and yet knowing we need energy for what is still to come.
This wee booklet was put together as a Self-management tool, which you can use yourself, or share with others for mental wellbeing promotion.
It can also be used in Guided self-help; this is where you work through the booklet with the support of a therapist as part of a mental ill-health intervention.
The booklet does invite you to reflect, and if you are still working through some issues, that reflecting on your own maybe not in your best interests, please, seek support for those issues. The workbook will still be there when you are in a place where you feel safe to use it.
There is a lot to the workbook, please take time to work through it at a pace which feels comfortable to you. If you have never used a workbook before for self-management, here are some tips you may find helpful:
The sections in the workbook cover the following areas:
Our lives are like a complicated Jigsaw puzzle with a myriad of pieces and sometimes the lid of the box is missing so we don't even know what the complete picture is supposed to look like!
This workbook is one of many tools to help explore ways we can bounce back, bring the pieces together we need to get back our 'oomph' The Jigsaw of life isn't static, the pieces change, the landscape changes but we often have more control than we realise. This wee workbook is one way to begin to look at the pieces of our life and bring them together and begin to decide what we want the picture on our Jigsaw lid to look like
Like any complex puzzle, it takes time, even taking 15min a day to complete a section of the workbook and 15min a day to apply some new ideas in practice, over time, could add up to a lot and before you know it, the pieces are beginning to come together and those that may be missing you have some ideas how to find again.
Remember. You matter people care, I care