The Difficulty of Supporting a Friends’ Mental Health Friends are like our added family, and we want to support them through everything, no matter what they are facing. Their mental health is something that we should always be aware of so that when a friend is feeling down or facing a tough situation, we can step in…
How to Overcome the Inadequate Young Adult Mental Health Support As a society becoming more open to discussion on tough and concerning topics, mental health has been on the table for conversation a lot more recently. There are several charities and research facilities dedicated to finding out more about the ins and outs of mental health and…
How to Overcome Feelings of Loneliness Loneliness is terrible not only for our mental health but our physical health too. According to the Campaign to End Loneliness, isolation can be as damaging as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. The impact on your mental health is also significant, possibly leading to depressive thoughts and feelings. If…
3 Steps to Avoiding Loneliness in Old Age It’s common to feel lonely when we get older as often our family members can move away from us when they marry, get jobs or start their own family. And, with older bodies often hindering us, it can be harder to leave the house as often as…
The Problems with Wanting to Fit In When we start a new school, often we are faced with the pressure to fit in with the other kids. We feel this need to be one of the ‘popular’ people and be higher on the social ladder. Not everyone feels this pressure or desire, but those who…
Handling Debt Effectively Research has shown that over 100,000 people a year who have accumulated debt have tried to kill themselves. One in 14 adults has a debt problem as a result of falling behind on bills, credit agreements or they haven’t paid their gas, water or electric suppliers. Resultantly, these people are three times…
How to Prepare for the Winter Blues As we leave summer behind and start to head towards winter, we need to be aware of the mental health implications that this can bring. Many of us can suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD. Often, people who feel depressed during winter might brush it…
The Back to School Pressure and How to Handle It Whether you are starting high school, college or university this September, we can all feel the pressure to succeed. Sometimes we feel like society expects specific achievements from us, or maybe our parents demand the high grades that we’ve always been achieving and they expect…
Losing a Child – How to Get Through Grief We aren’t meant to outlive our children, so when we have to suffer through our child’s death, it is another kind of heartbreak. Often we get stuck in the past, reliving memories of our kids and refusing to acknowledge that they have passed on. Instead, we…
How the Friends TV Show Highlights Real Life Issues ‘Friends’ is a widely popular TV show that has recently celebrated its 25th anniversary; the show reached 16 million viewers every week during its run and has developed a cult following. The collection of characters that starred in the show made it easy for us to…