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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.
Burnout And Why You Should Be Kinder To Yourself
Do you know what happens to the human body when it has a surge of adenaline for a period of time?
It burns out. Quite literally.
It’s as if you have a full tank of petrol (your body’s entire adenaline bank) then use it all up in one five minute journey (preparing for an event or restructuring your entire business/home life). What would happen to the car? It would rapidly give up, exhausted & drained, spluttering it’s last drop of fuel as it tried to go a few extra metres but eventually it’s going to grind to a halt.
That’s us. And it might be you too.
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.