Anxiety and Nervous System Regulation

The information provided on these pages is intended for patients already under the care of the Neurodevelopmental Specialist Service.

 

4 Techniques to Quickly Engage the Parasympathetic Response

A video providing a more in depth explanation about the autonomic nervous system and how calming techniques manipulate your nervous system to relax your physiological processes and reduce stress or anxiety, via the vagus nerve.

 

A Young Autistic Person's Anxiety Management Pack

The information in this pack is relevant to all Autistic Adults, but it has been written in a way so that young people can relate to it and understand it more easily.

 

Autonomic Nervous System and Deep Breathing

A short video explaining how deep breathing affects the autonomic nervous system to provide context to why deep breathing is a useful relaxation strategy. The video lasts around 3 minutes and is suitable for people with short attention spans.

 

CBT Self Help for Health Anxiety (Get Self Help UK)

Break the vicious cycle of Health Anxiety. From getselfhelp.co.uk

 

Polyvagal Theory video explanation

This video explains the Polyvagal Theory and touches on the Wheel of Consent, which is relevant to the theoretical basis of anxiety, fear response, body tension and the rest and digest state.

 

Self Help for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Get Self Help UK)

Breaking the vicious cycle of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. From getselfhelp.co.uk

 

Strategies to manage anxiety in healthcare appointments (Nottinghamshire Healthcare)

Sometimes new strategies need to be tried several times in order to become comfortable with using them. This webpage includes some ideas to help you manage your healthcare appointments.