Mental Health Awareness Week
According to a survey published this week by the Mental
Health Foundation, 2 in 3 of us will face mental health problems in our
lifetime. Mental Health Awareness week is a time to promote awareness about
mental health and remove any stigma and stereotypes to encourage people to talk
about it.
One thing this week highlights is that whether you have good
or bad mental health, you need to look after yourself.
10 ways to look after your mental health
- Talk about your feelings
- Keep active
- Eat well
- Take a break
- Drink sensibly
- Keep in touch
- Do something you’re good at
- Accept who you are
- Ask for help
- Care for others
Mindfulness
What is mindfulness?
According to the Mental
Health Foundation website Mindfulness is “a
way of paying attention to the present moment, using techniques like
meditation, breathing and yoga. It helps us become more aware of our thoughts
and feelings so that, instead of being overwhelmed by them, we’re better able
to manage them.”
Mindfulness can be a really helpful tool to make us sit back
and realise what it is we are feeling, whether it is exam stress, worry,
sadness etc and when doing so not to
judge what we are feeling but to just be aware.
Meditation can be a great way of doing this and there are
apps that you can download to help-
- Headspace- this is a subscription app but it offers a 10 day free trial called take 10
- Smiling Mind- Smiling Mind is a free mindfulness meditation app for young people to help combat stress, improve focus and increase resilience.
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Other helpful websites-
Information for this blog was taken from https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/ For more information please visit this website.
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