Resources: It's Okay Not To Be Okay

Your mental health matters. Mental illnesses are health conditions involving changes in thinking, behaviour or emotion. It is a mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Mental disorders comprise: -Depression. -Anxiety and panic attacks. -Eating disorders. -Personality disorders. -Psychotic disorders. If you are suffering from any of these or you are feeling suicidal, There are some tips and suggestions for you to abide. • You should surround yourself with people who makes you happy or just people you can feel positive around. • You can share your feeling with your friends or parents, they love you and will understand your feelings and may help in overcoming your disorder. • You should give yourself some space, instead of doing tasks that give you stress, you should do something that makes you happy. • Keep yourself busy by exercising, reading books,painting, journalising etc. as it may keep you out of blue thoughts. • You should do what makes you happy not what makes everyone happy. • There are many anxiety colouring books that include henna designs, they can help you to relieve anxiety and stress. • You should accept yourself as you are and love yourself :). There are many hotlines and websites that can help you in overcoming your infirmity. They are: -National Alliance on Mental Illness(NAMI) https://www.nami.org -PSYCOM will provide you with many helplines and hotlines. https://www.psycom.net -National Institute for Mental Health. nimh.nih.gov -Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.(SAMHSA) samhsa.gov I hope every single one of us can overcome whatever we are going through and be happy always! “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.”

Written By: Aamna Gul