mental health week 2013

This year we are participating in the Mental Health Awareness Weekend organized by The Thought Company. Through the week, we would share important aspects of day to day mental health through posters and activities that we have planned. ‘Cause mental health is not just 45 minutes in the counseling room, mental health is each day of life, and every moment of each day! :)

Mindfulness Awareness

A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEKEND

The Mental Health Awareness Weekend begins tomorrow, and we are looking forward to it!

For today, we decided to share with all of you a little memento that we’re planning to give away to those whom we meet tomorrow.

But first, some background about the memento…

mind and body

IS IT ONLY YOUR MIND THAT’S ANXIOUS, OR YOUR BODY TOO?

It is World Mental Health Day!

There wouldn’t have been a better time to talk about one of the most common afflictions as far as mental health is concerned, something that almost all of us face – ‘Anxiety’.

Be it seeing after your children or making it on time to work, several situations give us the “on the edge” feeling.

When we talk of dealing with or managing anxiety, we think about it the mental way. We try to take things easy, we try to consciously ask ourselves to ‘calm down’ and stay focused.

However, what we tend to ignore is that –
Anxiety is as much in the body as it is in the mind

Therapy

THERAPY FOR ME IS…

Through our posts, we’ve been talking about how it is okay to seek help and how seeking help is a sign of strength, not of weakness.

We understand that even then, when you do decide to go in for counseling, you might have some doubts or apprehensions-

“What really is counseling?”

“What happens in these sessions?”

“Will it actually help?”

These are real questions and a lot of people we interact with do voice them as well. So, we decided that real questions deserve real answers; we asked some of those who have been in therapy with us, to share what therapy or counseling means to them.

stepping stone towards mental health

IS IT OKAY TO SEEK HELP FROM A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL?

Yesterday, we spoke about how consciously taking care of your emotional health goes a long way in nurturing and strengthening yourself.

Today, we address a slightly deeper issue.

What happens when sometimes, you feel stuck at an impasse? When you know internally that something is not quite okay… that you’re feeling a certain way and you don’t want to continue feeling like that?

You try to resolve it. Yes, it’s good to do that. You’d try and check what’s going wrong; you’d try to correct it.

What happens if still, those stresses or feelings don’t get better? Then what do you do? Turn to friends, family and other people you can trust. This is also good. People who know us act as sounding boards and support us.

But sometimes, even after talking to them, you feel that things are still not okay; like there are some knots that are entangled, and just won’t loosen up.

What then would you do?

Mental Health - Attention and Introspection

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 2013 IS HERE!

To all of you who have been reading what we share, and to those who have stumbled upon our website more recently – World Mental Health Week is here!

We’ve always been excited about this week… more so because we hold mental health very close to our hearts. So over 2011 and 2012, we have been posting something special for all of you throughout this week..and the tradition continues this year as well.

Before we share what we are up to for Mental Health Week 2013, we want to ask you – what does mental health mean to you?

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