Mental Wellbeing for All
Please note: none of the support groups on the following pages offer emergency crisis support.
If you are at all concerned for the health of yourself, friend or relative and need immediate help,
please use one of these services:
In an emergency:
Call 999
Go to your local A&E department
If you or someone you know is in crisis:
Contact The Samaritans www.samaritans.org or call 116 123 (free to call from within the UK and Ireland), 24 hours a day
Use the Shout crisis text line: text SHOUT to 85258
Visit: www.giveusashout.org
FOP undoubtedly takes a toll on an individual’s physical wellbeing, but it can also affect one’s mental wellbeing too. The uncertainty of flare-ups and general restricted mobility can cause anxiety and low mood, for the person as well as those caring for them.
It is so very important that those living with FOP take care of their mental as well as their physical wellbeing. But we appreciate this is easier said than done. To help our families, we have compiled some resources to help support the wellbeing of those living with FOP and POH.
We are also proud to be able to offer personal counselling sessions, free of charge, to our families thanks to generous grants. These sessions are provided by Rare Minds.
Follow the links (to external sites) to visit websites and find more specific resources.
If you know of any other organisations you think might be of support to others living with FOP, please let us know so we can add them.
