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Happy Mental Health Awareness Week! #MHAW
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Happy Mental Health Awareness Week everyone! #MHAW
How are you all doing today?
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the Mental Health Foundation's theme for this year is anxiety.
The Mental Health Foundation started Mental Health Awareness Week in 2001 and it now happens every year, being the biggest opportunity for the whole of the UK to come together to focus on getting good mental health. The week aims to tackle stigma and help people understand and prioritise their and others' mental health.
Most of us feel anxious at times, particularly when we are coping with worries or stressful life events. However, some of us may feel persistent, distressing levels of anxiety that cause us to avoid situations and prevent us from doing things we enjoy.
Anxiety feels different for everyone and everyone’s experiences are different and so it is difficult to know exactly what causes anxiety problems. Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, starting a new job (or losing one) or other big life changes or events. We can also get anxious when it comes to things to do with money and not being able to meet our basic needs, like heating our home or buying food. But anxiety can be made easier to manage.
Focusing on anxiety for this year's Mental Health Awareness Week hopes to increase people's awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem. Dealing with anxiety can be hard. But there are some things we can do to manage these tough feelings.
What helps you to cope with feelings of anxiety?
When I'm anxious, I find music really helps me and I tend to listen to my favourite album on vinyl to transport me into another universe.
If you're struggling at the moment with anxiety, why not have a look at the Mental Health Foundation's tips. We're always here too to have a chat
How are you all doing today?
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the Mental Health Foundation's theme for this year is anxiety.
The Mental Health Foundation started Mental Health Awareness Week in 2001 and it now happens every year, being the biggest opportunity for the whole of the UK to come together to focus on getting good mental health. The week aims to tackle stigma and help people understand and prioritise their and others' mental health.
Most of us feel anxious at times, particularly when we are coping with worries or stressful life events. However, some of us may feel persistent, distressing levels of anxiety that cause us to avoid situations and prevent us from doing things we enjoy.
Anxiety feels different for everyone and everyone’s experiences are different and so it is difficult to know exactly what causes anxiety problems. Lots of things can lead to feelings of anxiety, including exam pressures, relationships, starting a new job (or losing one) or other big life changes or events. We can also get anxious when it comes to things to do with money and not being able to meet our basic needs, like heating our home or buying food. But anxiety can be made easier to manage.
Focusing on anxiety for this year's Mental Health Awareness Week hopes to increase people's awareness and understanding of anxiety by providing information on the things that can help prevent it from becoming a problem. Dealing with anxiety can be hard. But there are some things we can do to manage these tough feelings.
What helps you to cope with feelings of anxiety?
When I'm anxious, I find music really helps me and I tend to listen to my favourite album on vinyl to transport me into another universe.
If you're struggling at the moment with anxiety, why not have a look at the Mental Health Foundation's tips. We're always here too to have a chat
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I'd say for me when I get anxious I think either knitting, crocheting or coming on here to vent helps me to feel less anxious about things. I find that talking tends to help me with my worries.