Money worries can be a big problem and cause ongoing anxiety and uncertainty. Debt can feel like its taking over your life. Having a mental health problem can make it difficult to deal with money day to day and can affect your motivation, judgement and income.
MoneySavingExpert.com has put together a new guide to mental health and debt which you can download free from their website at www.moneysavingexpert.com/mentalhealth
The guide gives help, info, guidance and support for individuals and carers. It includes information on how to handle debts when stressed, work with banks and get free one to one debt counselling. There are also specific tips for bipolar and depression sufferers and information on whether you should declare your mental health issues. Throughout, there are tips to start taking small steps to cut your debt.
The guide doesn”t promise to solve the problem but it can help to make things easier to understand and deal with.
