Mental Health and Emotional Well Being in Bristol
A roadmap for developing mental resilience skills THE BASICS What Is Resilience? Resilience is defined as the psychological capacity to adapt to stressful circumstances and to bounce back from adverse events. Resilience is considered a process to build resources toward searching for a better future after potentially traumatic events. Some of these resources come from our inherent potential and some …
So go ahead and bake another batch of cookies. Last Monday through Friday—the week coronavirus came for New York—was a stress-induced shit show that included three cancelled trips, experiments with CBD, obsessive temperature taking, and a half-hearted yet incredibly loud revue of top 40 songs from the floor of my 800-square-foot apartment. Much to my chagrin (and your disbelief, …
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Why do people without underlying health conditions get seriously ill from covid-19? Some people get seriously ill from covid-19 without any known risk factors. Genetic make-up is likely to play a role – we have long known that having a parent who died young from an infectious disease puts you at a sixfold greater risk …
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Why did we pick kindness as the theme? Why kindness is the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 – and why it could be the most important week we’ve ever run…. Last week, I waited in a socially distanced queue outside the supermarket as the rain started to fall. One of the staff noticed we …
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With social distancing measures in place, face-to-face counselling and psychotherapy has had to stop for the time being. Jacob, 22, shares his experience of online counselling. Coronavirus and mental health Have a look at our tips, advice and guidance on where you can get support for your mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read …
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by Kevin Dunne Thanks to COVID-19, we are all now living in a world that was beyond imagination just a few short weeks ago. For most of us, nothing in our old lives could have prepared us adequately for lockdown. Yes, we are all caught in the same storm, but we are a long way …
Much of the discourse surrounding mental health over the last few years has focused on stigma: breaking down those unhelpful myths around mental illness that both prevent people seeking help and, sometimes, lead to outright discrimination. What part culture has to play in this mission is an interesting question. Both the “madman” and the asylum …
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Benefits of Dream Therapy You Might Not Know Benefits of Dream Therapy Since the time of the ancients, dreams have been thought of as vehicles for other worldly communication. They’ve also been used as lenses for better seeing life’s complexities in the waking state. As an integrative therapist with a cognitive bent, I’m a big fan of …