We are living in stress-inducing times, and that can take a toll on our physical and mental health. During Mental Illness Awareness Week, practice healthy ways to get relief from feeing overwhelmed or burned out. Self-care can give you the much-needed break you need. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these tips for de-stressing:
At any given moment, an individual can be dealing with routine stress from the demands of life, changes in circumstance, such as losing a job, or traumatic stress in which lives are at stake or lost.While not all stress is bad — it can help us act decisively in the face of danger, for example — the chronic kind can take a toll.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, it can:
Unchecked, chronic stress can contribute to:
If you or someone you know struggles with mental illness, contact NewBridge Services at (973) 316-9333 or services@newbridge.org.