Every month should be Mental Health Month.
Period.
But, just like Christmas, Halloween, and Valentines, it’s good to do a little bit more as we Get into the Spirit
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I drew the picture attached to this post because I find myself doing this when I’m stressed. It makes me happy. I also like to do large multiplication problems and then checking my answer with a calculator, but some people find that stressful to look at. :upside_down_face:
Here are some good resources that are promoting mental health awareness.
- Mental Health America
- They have a nice toolkit filled with ideas, posters, and resources.
- SAMHSA
- I like this site because it has a lot of things that you can share on different social media platforms and it’s broken down week to week. I feel this could be better in gives you more reasons to come back to the site.
- NAMI
- I like fact that they point you to the national HelpLine on the page.
- San Francisco Warm Line
- I really like the idea of a Warm Line. Sometimes we just need someone to talk to. Sometimes we wait until we’re almost at the breaking point. This might just the thing you need.
- CalHOPE
- Targeted towards people where I live. Hopefully there are other resources closer to you as well.
I’m planning on posting about Mental Health all this month and talking a little bit about how I’m going to be picking up new habits. I hope that you take a moment to review the resources and share it with others.