Mental wellbeing and asthma
Being diagnosed with asthma or living with asthma can affect your mental health and wellbeing. You may have:
- stress
- anxiety
- depression
The Asthma UK website provides information and tips to help you deal with the emotional aspects of living with asthma.
You may find it helpful to talk to other people about your experience of asthma and you can do this through local support groups or online forums.
Our mental wellbeing webpages have information and resources to help you if asthma is affecting your mental health and wellbeing.
If you're struggling to cope, you can also talk to your GP.