Your mental health in the pandemic We’re living in strange times right now. Unless you come under the category of being a key or essential worker, chances are that you’re now stuck at home all day and every day for the foreseeable future. Your education and your social life have […]
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Isolation, mental illness & COVID-19.
There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has brought about additional worries, many of which have no real answers.
PotatoPete
Get Involved Each week #PotatoPete will come up with fun and creative activities to help increase awareness to people who need support during this time. #PotatoPals Using Hashtag #PotatoPals, create a video of your potato pal. Are they a Singer, Dancer, An All Time Actor? Post you videos on Twitter, […]
Making It On Your Own after Uni and Suceeding
The fear of going on your own after college is real and quite honesty scary for many including myself but it can be done. Growing up I can honestly say that I had a mother who took care of my sister and I, provided for like any good parent not […]
Getting to know our new normal
These are strange times that we are living in now. “Normal” life as we know it has been paused and we are having to get to know a new normal. To begin with, I really struggled with this. I cried a lot. Having never been a fan of change, everything […]
Taking a look from a different point of view…
Taking a look from a different point of view… We are now into our third week of lockdown, and time appears to be passing quicker now that the weather is providing everyone with an ounce of hope. I’m getting familiar to my routine of a slow-paced life. I have learnt […]
#LonelyPotato Campaign
A survey by YouGov last year found that 75 per cent of people aged between 18-24 felt loneliness last year. Founder of the Marmalade Trust, Amy Perrin said: “People rarely talk about loneliness, despite it being a very common feeling. When people do talk about loneliness, it is often in […]
The anxiety merry-go-round. I want to get off!
When experiencing anxiety, the chest feels tight, shortening breath. Neck muscles tense, strain and lock, the throat feels closed and swallowing becomes a noticeable action. Some people also experience dizziness, fatigue, a burning sensation of the skin. Less energy results in less activity which in some, results in poorer circulation, […]
It’s all getting a bit too much – what do I do?
“It’s all getting a bit too much! What do I do?” That’s a question I think a lot of us have asked recently. Bad news seems to be everywhere. At the moment, just 20 minutes of watching the news is enough to send people into a state of panic. The […]
You can help break the stigma of mental health
More and more people are talking about mental health which is fantastic, not too long ago we were told to ‘stiffen that upper lip’ or worse yet, ‘man up’. These are two sayings that I despise, thankfully though people are opening up more and talking about their feelings and what […]
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