Happy Valentines Day, everyone!
I hope you have a lovely day today, whether you're celebrating with a special someone, spending it by yourself, or celebrating with friends and family. If you're spending it alone, there's no need to be upset about it! There are so many things that you can still celebrate, your love for friends, family - and mainly yourself.
Sometimes with all the chaos in life, we forget to care for ourselves; our bodies, and our mental health.
I decided that now would be a good time to bring up the topic of mental health.
When people hear the phrase 'mental health' a lot of them just shrug it off, like it's something that doesn't really matter or pertain to them. They really don't realize how wrong they truly are.
Everyone has a certain degree of mental health, when you have good mental health, well, good for you! That's awesome. When you have bad mental health is when problems can occur.
I hope you have a lovely day today, whether you're celebrating with a special someone, spending it by yourself, or celebrating with friends and family. If you're spending it alone, there's no need to be upset about it! There are so many things that you can still celebrate, your love for friends, family - and mainly yourself.
Sometimes with all the chaos in life, we forget to care for ourselves; our bodies, and our mental health.
I decided that now would be a good time to bring up the topic of mental health.
When people hear the phrase 'mental health' a lot of them just shrug it off, like it's something that doesn't really matter or pertain to them. They really don't realize how wrong they truly are.
Everyone has a certain degree of mental health, when you have good mental health, well, good for you! That's awesome. When you have bad mental health is when problems can occur.
Being a teenager and turning into an adult is hard enough, without throwing in university or college into the mix. Combine these together and you get this mix of stress and confusion and freedom and so much more. Some people handle this change well, while on the other side, some people don't handle it very well.
Mental health has a negative stigma attached to it - and it makes it hard for people to ask for help. It's just so horrible that someone can be suffering so much, and in silence, just because they're afraid that they'll be looked down on, or that someone won't take them seriously. Personally, I believe that this is total BS. No one deserves to suffer, especially in silence. As a society, we really need to work on this, or else this is a problem that isn't going to go away - it's going to get worse.
The good thing is that things are happening to help get rid of this!
On Tuesday, Bell had a campaign going called Bell Lets Talk. How it worked was that if you tweeted and tagged it with #BellLetsTalk, they donated 5 cents to mental health initiatives. It happened on facebook too, if you shared their picture then they would also donate 5 cents.
On Tuesday, Bell had a campaign going called Bell Lets Talk. How it worked was that if you tweeted and tagged it with #BellLetsTalk, they donated 5 cents to mental health initiatives. It happened on facebook too, if you shared their picture then they would also donate 5 cents.
1 in 5 Canadians will have some kind of mental illness at least once in their lives.
There are so many different kinds of mental illnesses that one can suffer from, just to name a few: schizophrenia, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, anxiety disorders ect. All mental illnesses are bad, and they all deserve treatment.
In university and college, it's quiet easy to lose yourself and end up lost.
I know it can be really hard to tell if someone is suffering, but if you know someone that you think could be wrong with someone you know, or even if you suspect that you might be suffering with something - please talk to someone. On your campus there are probably mental health counselors that can help you and help you decide what the next step is.
Really all I'm trying to say is that you deserve the best, even if you might not believe that right now. If you need help, get it, please.
If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here. If it's anything really serious, there are help lines for pretty much everything - I'd post them here but each area has different ones.
Anyway, that's enough of me ranting for right now. Happy Valentines Day, and I hope you take the time to remember to love and appreciate yourself.
I know it can be really hard to tell if someone is suffering, but if you know someone that you think could be wrong with someone you know, or even if you suspect that you might be suffering with something - please talk to someone. On your campus there are probably mental health counselors that can help you and help you decide what the next step is.
Really all I'm trying to say is that you deserve the best, even if you might not believe that right now. If you need help, get it, please.
If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here. If it's anything really serious, there are help lines for pretty much everything - I'd post them here but each area has different ones.
Anyway, that's enough of me ranting for right now. Happy Valentines Day, and I hope you take the time to remember to love and appreciate yourself.
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