Did you know?

This Friday, October 10th, is Mental Health Awareness Day  ... this is an annual global day addressing education, awareness and advocacy of mental health issues.  As I have had personal experience of depression, this is an issue very close to my heart.

Why not come visit Pilkington on Oct 10th

between 11am - 2pm to find out more

about support systems available to students.

Why not take some time over this weekend to look at the Time to Change website (see address below) which says.  
"We all have mental health, like we all have physical health. Both change throughout our lives. And, like our bodies, our minds can become unwell.  Mental health problems might actually be more common than you think. One in four of us will be affected by mental illness in any year. The effects are as real as a broken arm, even though there isn’t a sling or plaster cast to show for it."

Mental health myths and facts

• Myth: Mental health problems are very rare.
• Fact: 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem in any given year. 

• Myth: People with mental illness aren’t able to work.
• Fact: We probably all work with someone experiencing a mental health problem.

• Myth: Young people just go through ups and downs as part of puberty, it’s nothing.
• Fact: 1 in 10 young people will experience a mental health problem. 

• Myth: People with mental health illnesses are usually violent and unpredictable.
• Fact: People with a mental illness are more likely to be a victim of violence. 

• Myth: People with mental health problems don't experience discrimination
• Fact: 9 out of 10 people with mental health problems experience stigma and discrimination. 

• Myth: It’s easy for young people to talk to friends about their feelings.
• Fact: Nearly three in four young people fear the reactions of friends when they talk about their mental health problems.

www.time-to-change.org.uk