May Mental Health Awareness Month
KNOW THE FACTS
Nearly 450 million people worldwide are currently living with a mental illness, yet nearly two-thirds of people with a known mental illness never seek treatment.
Anxiety disorders affect 25.1% of children between 13 and 18 years old.
BREAK THE STIGMA
- Talk openly about mental health.
- Educate yourself and others.
- Be conscious of language.
- Encourage equality between physical and mental illness
- Show compassion to those with mental illness
- Choose Empowerment over shame.
- Be honest about treatment.
Don’t harbor self-stigma
PRACTICE SELF-CARE
During the month of May, pick one of the self-care activities listed below and practice it for the entire month to help build better mental health habits.
- Volunteer and give back
- Sleep
- Teens should get 8-10 hours of sleep
- Try to keep a regular routine (going to sleep and waking up around similar times)
- Practice mindfulness
- Pray and mediate
- Eat healthy
- Connect with others
- Learn to fail better
- Three essential elements at the core of success and well being
- Perseverance in the face of adversity
- Ability to glean wisdom from setbacks
- A willingness to lean into life’s challenges
- Three essential elements at the core of success and well being
- Exercise