May was mental health awareness month. Would you know if you or a loved one needed to seek help for a mental health concern?
Sometimes nuanced problems we may be experiencing such as a decrease in productivity at work, distractibility, difficulty making decisions, can be signs of bigger problems. Even changes in sleeping, eating, and energy can be signs you might need to look at your mental and emotional well-being.
If your child’s personality seems to change, they start to exhibit anger or isolation; they may have a mental health concern they need help with.
Men in particular, can be susceptible to overlooking their need for help because they may have limited awareness of their own emotions, utilize unhealthy masculine ideas such as “being weak if they ask for help,” or just “pushing through things.”
Some people report experiencing a reduction in negative symptoms just after their first session. You don’t have to wait until you are in crisis to ask for help. It’s much easier to pull yourself out of a rut than out of a deep hole. Solution Focused Brief Therapy is an approach that takes a positive look at your strengths, examines your successes and points you toward ideas where you can be the superhero in your own story.
There are many free online resources to help cue you into whether your experiencing a mental health problem. Here are a few you can check out.
https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/
https://nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Warning-Signs-and-Symptoms
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