The Mental Health Association has declared their Mental Health Awareness Week to be from the 9th May 2022 - 15th May 2022. Their focal topic this week is loneliness. The global pandemic has caused such an impact on mental health and the isolation that coincided with this only emphasised the issue. Loneliness is a huge contributing factor to depression and due to this, I thought it would be appropriate to post the link to their website here: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week
This has useful information on loneliness and resources on there that can help. I would be interested in learning more on how the pandemic has impacted mental disorders so if anyone has any recommendations of places to start, I'd really appreciate it!
I hope you're all well.
That actually makes a lot of sense and I don't know why I haven't had a clean up sooner to be honest. I know that these accounts impact me and yet I still find myself mindlessly scrolling. I'm going to do this :)
I've downloaded Pinterest as well and found that this helps my mood too because there's so many new and creative things to look at.
I've actually found myself getting more and more distant from social media apps. I find that I either can't relate to what is going on as I don't tend to use them much, or that my mood tends to be worse coming off of them. I use them for a limited amount of time and pretty much only use them for messaging more.
I've found myself getting much more enjoyment for this forum than I have from social media to be honest. I think it's because I feel productive and that I'm learning from others, rather than holding myself to ridiculous comparisons.
That's a great topic! I have some personal suggestions about loneliness. After strict quarantine time, I was worried about going out and meeting my friends. I avoided seeing my relatives for a long time. I could say that I got used to seeing people remotely! Surprisingly, I experienced that when I met my friends in person, I was really bored and found them ridiculous. It was not like this when I had the Zoom meetings with the same people. Then, I decided to change some things. I deleted all social media apps on my phone. I didn't reactive my accounts but I rarely check them. I care about meeting in person more. In the same way, I would like to explore scientific resources due to their reliability.
Brilliant and timely share on the nature of loneliness and how to cope with the symptoms.
I browsed the link and found the article on ways to deal there was so much useful content there.
One good way was mentioned about using social media in a healthy way by finding groups who share common interests. Social media is a bit of a double-edged sword so I like some of the other ideas like spending time with pets or engaging with hobbies and interests.
There was also some great advice on helping people who might be lonely.
Really helpful post thanks for sharing.
I think we can all do our part by looking for those who might be lonely during the pandemic and uncertain times, the irony being that in doing so we ease the burden of our own loneliness. 🤔