This is a resource put together specifically by the NHS for people to help deal with the COVID-19 lockdown, but I think quite a few of the articles and informational guides would be helpful for anyone this year.
It’s all about looking after your mental health under trying circumstances, so even if you live in an area that isn’t in a temporary lockdown, it seems to me that it still applies.
We are all doing the best we can, why not share anything that might help?
I have experienced this myself, and have witnessed it in others. “Picture a person with serious depression. Did you imagine someone with low mood and lower energy struggling to get out of bed? That’s the popular image of people battling depression, but according to the experts writer Nell Greenfieldboyce speaks to, that’s only one way…
This book won the British 2007 Booker prize and having won an award, we can vouch for the dreamy quality of the writing even if we can’t attest to the degree of realism to which the overly large Irish family is depicted. From an abuse survival point of view this book, unlike the Kite Runner,…
We can, and should, do everything we can to get out good information and share the truth about mental health issues. We can, and should, share our own stories of the mental health issues we’ve survived, especially those of us who have had many of these issues due to the trauma we suffered.
But that will never be enough for some people. Knowing the truth about these issues, and knowing what people need in terms of non-stigmatizing support won’t be enough to change their actual behavior. The very topic(s) will make them uncomfortable and they will act out of that discomfort instead of relying on what they know. They will put their own comfort above any consideration of how stigmatizing their actions and words are because they simply cannot handle even the slightest discomfort in their lives.
That is their weakness, not ours.
These are Joanne’s suggestions, and I wanted to share them with you all in the interest of offering some small reviews of books about mental health issues. As she says: ” I think everyone needs a self-care library – if you need a little inspiration for what to include in yours, here are some of…
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