World Mental Health Day

Sian321

Today is World Mental Health Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness, breaking stigma, and reminding us all that mental health is just as important as physical health.

World Mental Health Day calls on each of us to:

• Talk openly about mental health - it’s okay not to be okay
• Reach out to someone who might be struggling
• Take time for self-care and reflection.
• Advocate for kindness and understanding in our communities.

For World Mental Health Day, we’re inviting you all to share your best self-care tips, which are the small things that help you recharge, feel grounded, or boost your mood.

Whether it’s a walk outside, journaling, music, or time with friends, your ideas might inspire someone else to take a positive step for their own wellbeing today.

What’s your ultimate go-to self-care tip that you’d love someone else to benefit from?

If you’re looking for more ideas, you can hop on over to our TikTok account too where we’ve been asking young people for their most unhinged self-care ideas! - https://www.tiktok.com/@themixuk/video/7557409034643442966

It's worth saying too that as social-creatures, healing and wellbeing doesn't have to be all about self-reliance or self-care, but can include asking for help from our loved ones, offering it to others, and leaning on our communities too.

How have you offered care to someone else lately, or allowed yourself to be cared for by someone else?

sinead276

Happy world mental health day to everyone - i hope you're all doing okay today and every day for that matter.

My self-care tip would probably be - try not to feel guilty for taking time to do the things you enjoy and that better your mental health.

I know sometimes it can be easier said than done, but investing in your mental health can only ever be a good thing, so take the time to truly enjoy the things that put a smile on your face and boost your mood. In a world full of pressure and negativity, you deserve to have that 'me-time' where you do what brings you joy

Sian321

@sinead276 thank you so much for sharing that tip! That's a great one and ooofff, I feel you with the guilt! So tricky to put that aside sometimes and to rest when our bodies are asking us to rest!

I think for me, a self-care tip would be to make use of the 'Timer' function on your phone to motivate yourself to do the less-glamourous self-care activities like staying on top of the cleaning, cooking, laundry, or texting friends back. If I'm feeling especially overwhelmed by the thought of cleaning my room, for example, I'll set a timer for just 5 minuets or 10 minuets and tell myself as soon as the timer goes off I can stop. I just see what I can get done in that short amount of time and don't push myself beyond that. And it always, always takes the edge off a scary task!

Another tip is to choose a song and to clean for the duration of that song. Just makes it all a bit more fun!