Today is World Mental Health Day - an opportunity to inform and educate people about mental health and wellbeing.
To celebrate Mental Health Ireland have launched a ‘Plan to Protect your Mental Health & Wellbeing’ campaign. It encourages everyone to become aware of their wellbeing by following five simple steps.
The five ways to improve your wellbeing:
- Connect – do you connect with people around you? Family, friends, colleagues, neighbours? At home, work, school, in your local community?
- Be active – do you exercise? Do you get outside, go for walks, potter in the garden? Have a sustainable pattern of doing more rather than being active one day and not the rest
- Take notice – Are you aware of the world around you: sights, smells, sounds, temperature? Do you take time to notice how you are feeling? Do you savour the moment?
- Keep learning – When was the last time you tried something new? Have you set yourself a challenge recently?
- Give – Do you see yourself and your happiness in relation to the wider community? Have you tried volunteering? When did you last do something nice for a relative, friend or stranger?
Listen back to the full interview with Orla Barry: CEO for Mental Health Ireland and Richard Magee, diagnosed with schizophrenia while in his 20s and Charlie Burke who is managing Bipolar Disease.
