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Quotes About Mental Health #3
As you guys know, mental health is a very important part of this blog and sharing posts about it and trying to reduce the stigma around it is something that is personally very important to me. I feel as though if we are more open about our mental health problems and our experiences there would be a lot let stigma and misinformation. Therefore, since it’s Mental Health Awareness Month I decided to dedicate one week to writing posts about mental health starting today. So this weeks posts (except the awards posts) will be about mental health, psychology, anxiety and other related topics. For more posts about mental health click here.…
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Caring For The Mental Health Of The Nurses
I wrote a guest post for Law Matheson’s blog about nurses and mental health that you can check out by clicking the link below. I want to thank Law for letting me post on his blog and I hope you guys go over and check out the rest of his posts too- they are really great. Nurses are so important especially during these times however they also have to deal with death and sickness every day which can really take a toll on ones mental health. These are ways to help them deal with everything that’s going on at the moment. https://renrising.com/2020/05/12/how-to-care-for-the-mental-health-of-the-nurses-in-your-life-in-these-trying-times-guest-post/
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How to Reduce Anxiety in These Trying Times
Check out this guest post I did on reducing anxiety in these trying times and a very special thanks to Onome for having me on as a guest writer!
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How Anxiety Changes Your Life
As you guys know I have anxiety and recently I’ve been thinking about it a lot. Especially how it changes the little things in your life that you wouldn’t even think it would effect. So I decided to write a post about it and share my experiences with you guys. If you suffer from anxiety or any other mental health disorders feel free to write about your experiences in the comments below and about how it has changed your life. It exhausts you- It can be very exhausting to constantly feel anxious and stressful all the time. Anxiety has a way of sipping the energy out of you. You may…
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Ways To Remain Calm
It can be difficult to stay calm with everything going on and it’s natural to be worried. But remaining calm and doing your best will be much more helpful to you and everyone around you and these techniques can help you to remain calm: Yoga/meditation- Yoga and meditation can be very relaxing especially when you do it after waking up because it helps you throughout the day. Try taking some time- even if it’s fifteen minutes- to do some yoga and meditation at the beginning of the day. Over time you end up learning how to stay relaxed and calm in stressful situations which can be very helpful. Breathing techniques- Breathing techniques…
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5 Ways To Remain Positive
With everything going on in the world right now plus being stuck at home it’s easy to start to feel more negative. It can also feel a lot worse if you already suffer from mental health problems like anxiety and depression. Here are some ways to stay positive: Pamper yourself- Take a day or even a few hours/minutes out of your day/week to pamper yourself. When you’re stuck at home it’s easy to let yourself go and stop pampering yourself but it’s important to set some “me time” aside for yourself. It can be as simple as putting on some lotion and lipstick or taking a nice hot bath. It really…
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5 Ways To Feel More Positive
Be grateful- It’s always a good idea to start and end the day by being grateful for everything you have. I know a lot of times it’s difficult to be grateful or it may feel like you have nothing to be grateful for but these times are when you need to be grateful the most. It can be something as small as your pet or having a roof over your head or having a meal. Be thankful- it’s also a good idea to be thankful for all the amazing things in your life. Again when you’re feeling down it may seem like you don’t have much to be thankful for…
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CBD Oil For Anxiety (Review)
I tried using CBD oil for my anxiety when I came to Canada. Here are my thoughts about how it worked for my mental health. Just a heads up these are my thoughts and how my body/brain reacted to the hemp oil so it may be subjective. Pros Highly reduces anxiety- I noticed a huge decrease in anxiety as soon as I began taking the oil. It was significantly less and after about a week my anxiety was almost completely gone especially my social anxiety. Like I remember the first time I was sitting there having a conversation laughing and not being anxious- it was an amazing feeling. Better sleep-…
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Trying Hemp Oil For Anxiety (Review)
So I tried using hemp oil for my anxiety when I was back in Kenya and tried it once more when I came to Canada. Here are my thoughts about hemp oil for anxiety/insomnia. Just a heads up these are my thoughts and how my body/brain reacted to the hemp oil so it may be subjective. Pros Reduced anxiety– It definitely did reduce my anxiety. After using it for about 3-5 days I noticed a decrease of anxiety, however, not a complete disappearance of the anxiety though- just a decrease. Even after using it for a few weeks it was only a decrease in the anxiety. Better sleep– It definitely…
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Habits of People With Mental Toughness
Where does mental toughness come from? I’ll let Mr. Rollins start me off here with a quote I love about the Iron Mind… “People have become separated from their bodies. 1,188 more words via 6 Habits of People With Serious Mental Toughness — SupaStrong
