Low mood

Everyone feels sad or low at times. Good Thinking is here to help you boost your mood with free NHS-approved apps and other resources.

A healthy mood has a number of benefits – it can help you to have better relationships, achieve your career goals and even live longer.

Of course, some things in life can have a negative effect on your mood. If your low mood lasts a long time and makes everything feel more difficult, you might have a mood disorder, such as depression.

Symptoms of low mood can include feeling tearful, frustrated and empty. You might also crave certain foods, get headaches and sleep more.

There are lots of things you can do to build your resilience, help you to stay positive and boost your mood. Good Thinking recommends various NHS-approved apps, including mood trackers and gratitude journals, and also provides articles, podcasts, worksheets and a self-assessment tool.

Good Thinking recommends NHS-approved apps to help boost your mood (many of which are free if you live or work in London), including:

Be Mindful (free) - a clinically proven online mindfulness course approved by the NHS, Be Mindful helps you to improve your mood through mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT).
My Possible Self (free) - this clinically proven app can help you to understand and identify the causes of your low mood so you can learn coping mechanisms and manage future situations better.
Sorted: mental health (free) - visualisation is the link between Olympic coaching and recovery from low mood. The athlete visualises ideal performance and the depressed person finds hope and resources so they can see their recovery.
Meditainment (free first voyage) - Meditainment uses established guided meditation and visualisation techniques, leading you on imaginative journeys to dreamlike destinations to explore and reflect on a range of wellbeing topics.

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