It’s Mental Health Awareness Week so you’re going to be hearing lots of chat about #awareness. Personally, we prefer action.
And that feels even more important this year, after 12 months of what we can only describe as a shitshow (sorry mum). Trust us, you want to say, EVERY DAY this year has made us aware of our mental health. To us, Mental Health Awareness Week is a bit like New Year’s Day (bear with us). It doesn’t really mean much but it’s an excuse to make a fresh start, focus on what’s important and make some real change for the year ahead.
So use this week to make that, er, resolution to be a little nicer to yourself, focus on your mental health and build on what you learnt from the hellfire that was 2020.
Of course, we salute every single one of our supporters taking action this week. They’re part of our nationwide movement against suicide, against loneliness, against mental health issues, against discrimination… against everything that gets in the way of a life less miserable. Together with them, we can give more tomorrows to everyone struggling with life.
The truth is there has never been more #awareness around mental health. What we need now is #action. With the announcement of a roadmap out of lockdown and vaccines rolling out across the country, it feels like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. But as our worlds start to expand again, we know a lot of us are feeling anxious.
So what do we do? We’ve put together this page for people who are feeling crap or just a bit worried about having to interact with other humans after a year of screen time and not wearing trousers. Just some small, practical things to do that you can do today, tomorrow or two weeks on Thursday. And we’ll be adding to it with a few exciting things as we go through the week.
