Managing your Mental Health
This is our new series helping you manage your mental health and feel robust, confident and competent during the coronavirus crisis.
We’re so pleased you’re here.
…Time to make yourself a drink and find somewhere comfortable to read this.
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…Time to sit back and relax.
Hello, and welcome to The Thrive Programme: mental health – made simple.
We’re here to help you feel better during these strange and challenging times by sharing some of the content from our programme at no cost to you.
ALL of us are facing new challenges at the moment and mental health matters more than ever. Most people don’t have a clue where to start: if you’re reading this, you’re ahead of the crowd!
We’re here to help you to learn skills and self-awareness to enable you to get control of your emotions.
Over the next few posts, you can look forward to learning ways to feel relaxed even when the world is stressful. We’ll show you how to use your thoughts to help you feel positive and powerful and we’ll teach you the new skills which you need to feel in control.
Today we’ll explain a little more about the programme and how it can help you. Read on to find out what you need to do so that we can help you through the days in lockdown and beyond. It can help you even if your anxiety is sky-high; you’re frozen in panic or your bank balance has plunged you into depression.
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER
If you’ve been feeling panicky, anxious and concerned by the way coronavirus is changing our world, please be assured that you’re not alone.
If you’re finding things hard to manage – it’s not your fault. Even though coronavirus IS causing fear and confusion, you can take action TODAY to start thinking and feeling differently – that is, to start thinking and feeling better.
You don’t have to feel stressed and miserable: you can feel calm and positive – once you know how. We’ll teach you in short, easy-to-understand lessons.
The truth is, most people don’t understand mental health. They think it’s complicated. They believe the myths and mysteries that suggest some people will always be stuck with depression or anxiety because of some uncontrollable factor like genetics or brain chemistry. These myths are untrue and mental health is in fact relatively simple to understand and can easily be improved.
Think back to your school days for a moment. You probably remember maths and English; science and history; sport and music. Maybe even a few mentions of good manners and good character. But I’m sure you don’t recall any lessons about mental health. That’s because they didn’t exist. NONE OF US WERE EVER TAUGHT TO UNDERSTAND OUR MENTAL HEALTH. So, it’s no surprise people are feeling increasingly anxious, panicky and depressed at the moment – you may even believe that this is inevitable and you have no choice but to feel worried and blue. The good news is, with our help you can learn how to think and feel better – and it’s much less complicated than you might imagine.
ABOUT THE THRIVE PROGRAMME
For over twelve years, The Thrive Programme has helped tens of thousands of people just like you. It’s a step-by-step programme that has enabled people to recover from years of depression; to overcome a lifetime of anxiety; to bring an end to crippling eating disorders and to transform people from timid wallflowers to the ‘life and soul of the party’. People often arrive at our clinics with a certain problem or set of symptoms but no idea just how much they can change their lives. They are blown away when they realise how much they can change their life – in life in just a few weeks.
Remember, with the help of The Thrive Programme, YOU can learn to feel calm yet powerful; YOU can master the skills to help you cope with change and the unexpected – and YOU can be ready to live your best life (which will be even easier when coronavirus no longer confines us to our homes).
OUR PROMISE TO YOU
Our posts will always be easy to read and understand; empowering and evidence-based. No jargon; no complicated science. And, we aren’t going to mention the C word at all! There will be simple explanations and practical activities to help you learn how to thrive.
READY?
Our programme changes lives. It can change your life – but it’s a ‘doing’ thing.
Four things to do today so you’re ready to get the most from our posts.
1. Trust the process: you may be feeling sceptical or doubtful: that’s normal! Join us, put the effort in and the results will come.
2. Get prepared: you need a notebook and a few minutes each day to focus on learning to thrive.
3. Reach out: feel free to DM us on Facebook or contact us with any questions. (We all provide sessions over Skype & Zoom, so it doesn’t matter where in the world you are.)
4. Don’t keep this to yourself: tell your friends and families that they, too, can benefit from the this programme with you by sharing this post with them NOW. This is for everyone.
Tomorrow, we’ll share the most important thing you need to know so you can begin to improve your mental health.
We’re already looking forward to going on this journey with you. Thanks for joining us – we’re so pleased you’re here.
PS People need to focus on mental health more than ever – nobody knows what the next few months have in store for us. We want to help as many people as possible to manage their mental health during this challenging time posed by coronavirus.
Please get your friends and family involved – EVERYONE would benefit from this right now.
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If you’ve missed anything, have a read of our full Thriving at Home series here.