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Mental Health Awareness Week 2025: It’s All About Community
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 12th to 18th May, and with a focus on the power of communities, it is perfect for me to return to this little space on the Internet and to try and find my stationery community once more.
Having a community around you that supports you can make a huge difference to your wellbeing. During COVID, one thing that had a huge impact on my mental health and kept me going was having an online community that I could stay in touch with from the comfort of my own home, so I did not feel trapped indoors. Staying connected with friends and family is vital. I have heard this a lot since I got pregnant, but “it takes a village to raise a child”, and those who have that supportive group are often much happier than those without. Our local communities are just as. important, offering you a space to go outside and socialise.
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Stationery SelfCare: The Creative Wellbeing Challenge for Stationery Lovers
Do you love stationery and want to practice selfcare? This project is for you! Perhaps you like challenging yourself, trying new things and experimenting to see what works best for you? Maybe you already know exactly what helps improve your wellbeing! Either way, Stationery Selfcare offers prompts and ideas for those moments when you want to do something but perhaps you’re unsure of what to do, or you are feeling a little overwhelmed and do not want to think too much.
And what better time to launch the project than Mental Health Awareness Week and National Stationery Week? It seems almost fated that the two should align perfectly for the occasion.
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
I don’t know about you but I’ve had an incredibly busy and stressful few weeks. I’ve gotten to the point where I have so much to do that I don’t even know where to start. It’s kind of hard to prioritise when at least half of your to do list is important and needs to be done immediately. So today is the perfect time to take a moment to take about something vital: mental health. Being stressed, overwhelmed or anxious about things can have a negative impact on your mental health. So many people experience mental health problems – and yet we don’t talk about it enough! Monday 8th May will mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. This is such a crucial topic so let’s talk about it.
I wanted to talk a little about the topic today, in advance of the week to give you time to get involved. In particular, I wanted to share some of the things I’ve found that help me to cope.
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Why do I volunteer
I recently shared a post on why people volunteer. Before you read this, I highly recommend checking that out. I spoke about the many reasons people volunteer, myself included. However, I did not go into depth on the reason why I personally started volunteering then, so I thought I would take the opportunity now to talk about this now..
[Trigger warnings – depression and suicidal thoughts]
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World Mental Health Day 2015 ft. 5 ways to look after your mind
Hello! Today is a very important day, in my opinion because today is World Mental Health Day. Every year on this day, people all over the world join together to talk about mental health and to raise more awareness of ill health. I wish we didn’t need this day, to be quite honest. I wish there was no stigma around this topic, that people opened up and spoke about it and that there was enough awareness to get support whenever you need it. However, sadly, there is still a lot of negativity and judgement when someone mentions the words ‘mental illness’. So today I wanted to dedicate a quick post to to this day and how it relates to my life, in particular why I love crafting and planners so much.
