Mental Health Week Drop In Sessions – Thank You!
I just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who came along to a mental health week drop in session last week. And a massive thanks to Grovemere Property Services at Lancaster Way for hosting me.
This past week has been Mental Health Awareness Week and so I teamed up with Grovemere to run some drop in sessions for anyone on the business estate who wanted to chat about aspects of mental health. It was great to speak to you all about issues such as anxiety and stress that can have such a limiting effect upon your life.
Issues such as anxiety, stress and depression can create an ongoing pattern of uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. Your mind can be overtaken with a lot of noise and your thoughts spiral out of control. You feel worse and worse and want to do less and less. You dread certain situations or find yourself worried about how bad you are going to feel.
It doesn’t matter whether the anxiety, stress and worry you struggle with is work related or from something outside work. Mental health issues have a tendency to seep from one area of your life into another. You worry about what might happen and things going badly for you. You then either avoid situations or feel bad, low and uncomfortable as you force your way through them. Afterwards, you dwell, focus upon the negative and then turn your attention to the next perceived challenge. It’s all consuming, limiting and exhausting.
Your mental health and sense of well-being can impact upon your performance and focus at work, as well as upon all the other aspects of your life.
That’s why it was such a joy to meet so many of you, answer your mental health questions and, where possible, provide some constructive and practical steps you can take towards moving forwards.