When you or someone you love is dealing with a mental health concern, sometimes it’s a lot to handle. It’s important to remember that mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable. We kick off Mental Health Awareness month with three ways you can join. Check it out and come back weekly for more posts in support.
Three Ways You Can Support Mental Health Awareness in May
Read and share books that explore mental health topics. We will share important books weekly, starting today!
In 2017, 8.5 million American adults suffered from both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder, or co-occurring disorders. Hey, Kiddo shares a real life experience of how substance abuse impacted one family.
Post about resources available to support those who may need support. You never know who may need to see your message. It costs you nothing but a few seconds to share the following graphic.
Find out what your local National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is doing – now and always! There’s no small way to get involved.
What will you do to take care of yourself and others this month?
This is such a wonderful thing! I started treatment last week by going on medical leave to attend Kaiser’s Work / Life Stress Clinic for 3 weeks. The sessions so far have revealed how many people are suffering needlessly because of crazy stress from their job combining and impacting with their non-work life stress. The goal for us all in this group therapy is to use Cognitive Behavior Thought techniques to stop the A.N.T.S (automatic negative thoughts).
Oh Livia, I am so glad to hear you took a much needed break and you are doing the right thing to help you combat the negative thoughts that can consume us. I suffer from them as well, I never think I am good enough, and I wish our healthcare system took MH more seriously and allowed for more care. I am so proud of you for doing this!
Thanks so much for sharing this! As someone who experiences mental illness, it is always heartwarming to see more people talking about it