What you might be going through
The reading is Lifeline Australia’s, written and reviewed by their research team, and kept up to date there. Where we run something locally on the same subject, it is listed underneath.
Grief and loss
Living with the death of someone you love.
Read about grief and loss → (opens in a new tab)Natural disasters
Flood, fire and storm, and the months afterwards.
Read about natural disasters → (opens in a new tab)Here on the Mid Coast
Disaster Recovery supportDomestic and family violence
Recognising it, and where to turn.
Read about domestic and family violence → (opens in a new tab)Anxiety
Worry that will not switch off.
Read about anxiety → (opens in a new tab)Here on the Mid Coast
Friday Well-being groupTrauma
After something frightening or overwhelming.
Read about trauma → (opens in a new tab)Here on the Mid Coast
Toward RecoveryThings you can do
Practical tools from the national toolkit: techniques to try, a safety plan you write for yourself, apps Lifeline has checked, and fact sheets you can print.
Techniques and guides
Practical things to try: grounding, sleep, journalling, managing intrusive thoughts.
Open the toolkit → (opens in a new tab)Safety planning
A plan you write for yourself, for the moments when things get hard.
Open the toolkit → (opens in a new tab)Tools and apps
Apps and online tools that Lifeline has looked at and recommends.
Open the toolkit → (opens in a new tab)Fact sheets
Short, printable summaries you can keep or pass on.
Open the toolkit → (opens in a new tab)These pages are part of Lifeline Australia’s Support Toolkit. Lifeline Mid Coast is one of the 41 Lifeline centres that answer 13 11 14, so the advice you read there is the same advice behind the call you make here.
Nothing here quite fits?
You don’t have to work out what you need before you get in touch. Ring us and we’ll talk it through, or look at everything we run across the Mid Coast.