So you've 'cast your cares upon God' but still feeling anxious? These 5 insights from psychology might help

As Mental Health Awareness Week begins, Sharon Hastings shares her top tips on how to combat anxiety 

Feeling a bit on edge? Butterflies in your stomach? Palpitations?

A post-pandemic survey by the Mental Health Foundation found that 60 per cent of UK adults feel so anxious that it stops them doing things they want to do at least some of the time. With the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and uncertainties around the world, it’s appropriate that anxiety should be the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week.

Because anxiety is so common, we sometimes think we just have to accept it. Christians know that the Bible tells us to “Cast all your anxiety on [God] because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). But what do we do when, having done this, anxiety still threatens to paralyse us?