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10 Tips To Be A Better Ally, To Someone Struggling With Their Mental Health
It’s well documented that the last year has been tough for everyone. People who had never before experienced issues with their mental health developed problems such as anxiety, depression, paranoia & agoraphobia. Those of us with existing conditions had their symptoms exacerbated.
You do you.
Remember that we’re all operating within a slightly altered state of who we were previously. Depending on who you are and what you do,you may have spent a big chunk of time without the things or people that make you feel like ‘you’. So take a deep breath, be patient with yourself and just know that you can build yourself back up again. It might take a little while but you’ll get there.
Don’t rush it. You do you.
Let's talk about stress, baby.
Picture the scene (entirely hypothetical,of course):
You go to make yourself a tasty snack of peanut butter on toast. Upon opening the cupboard you find the last of the peanut butter has been used but the empty jar has been put back in it's usual place and no one has notified you that it's gone. Even though you use it every day. Every. Single Day.