Understand how wellbeing shapes how you think, feel and interact, and find practical ways to support yourself and navigate the world with confidence.
Conditions
Let’s talk about wellbeing
Overview
Wellbeing is more than the absence of illness—it’s about feeling good in yourself, your relationships, and your day-to-day life. It includes mental clarity, emotional balance, physical health, and a sense of meaning. Sometimes, wellbeing takes a backseat to stress, burnout, or pressure. Rebuilding it can mean learning how to rest, connect, reflect, and take small actions that support your overall quality of life.
Symptoms
Common Features of Wellbeing
Wellbeing looks different for everyone. Some people might notice challenges with change or social cues, while others experience sensory overload or a strong need for routine.
Physical Symptoms
Sensitivity to sound, light, touch, or smells
Emotional Symptoms
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or misunderstood
Behavioural Symptoms
Avoiding eye contact, repetitive movements (like hand-flapping), strict routines
Cognitive Symptoms
Focused or intense interests, literal thinking, difficulty reading social cues
Social Symptoms
Difficulty making or keeping friendships, social anxiety, or preferring to be alone
Treatments
What to Do: Evidence-Based Interventions
The management of Wellbeing is a process that requires a set of skills. These are ways you can manage and reduce intense feelings of Wellbeing:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – A treatment that helps to identify and alter negative thought patterns and behaviours.
- Wellbeing Management Courses – Structured programs that teach affected persons coping and problem-solving strategies.
- Relaxation Techniques – Deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, or even visualisation helps to soothe the mind and the body.
- Communication Skills Training – The individual learns how to articulate their emotions in a healthy and constructive way.
Tips & Tricks
Try for today
Try today: Gentle strategies that can support wellbeing for wellbeing-related individuals
Tips & Tricks
Try for tomorrow
Now, let’s focus on what you can do to grow and get better. Here we share some proactive strategies and resources that can help you not just survive, but thrive, as you journey towards overcoming Wellbeing.
Seek Help
When to Seek Professional Help
If wellbeing or related challenges are affecting daily life—like work, relationships, learning, or wellbeing—it can help to get support from qualified professionals. This could include psychologists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, or wellbeing coaches who understand wellbeing-related experiences and strengths.
Signs that professional guidance may be helpful:
– Persistent difficulties with communication, social interaction, or forming friendships.
– Significant sensory overload, meltdowns, or shutdowns that make daily tasks hard.
– High levels of stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, or frequent shutdowns.
– Planning a big change (like moving, or employment) where tailored support can ease transitions.
What professionals can offer:
– Support might involve therapy, coaching, or routines that strengthen mental, emotional, and physical health.
– Therapies that respect wellbeing-related identity—like social skills training, sensory-based strategies, or anxiety‑focused CBT adapted for wellbeing.
– Coaching or mentoring to build skills without forcing neurotypical norms.
– Support that values lived experience—many clinicians recommend learning directly from wellbeing-related voices.
You don’t need to feel desperate to seek help—guidance can empower you to navigate life more smoothly, connect more deeply, and feel more in control of your own path.
Dr Sarah Herniman
Clinical Psychologist
Sarah is an AHPRA-registered Clinical Psychologist, and is dedicated to helping individuals lead fulfilling lives. Learn more about Dr Sarah
