Nurture Your Mental Health: Tips for a Great Summer

• Nurture Your Mental Health: Tips for a Great Summer
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• A Walking Meditation That Reduces Anxiety
• Anxiety Quote

Our mental health can fluctuate with the seasons. Our overall wellbeing is intricately tied to nature. The amount of daylight we experience, the presence of green and blue spaces, seasonal foods that are naturally available, temperature, and air quality all impact our mental health.

The winter months are notoriously associated with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or seasonal depression. The summer months can equally impact our mood and brain health, too. The heat can be dehydrating, which reduces healthy brain functioning. Too much daylight can interfere in sleep and even exacerbate manic episodes of bipolar disorder. Many people report higher levels of anxiety in the summer months.

This doesn’t mean that an enjoyable summer is out of reach, however. Follow these tips to nurture your mental health this summer.

• Establish new routines. Summer can throw off our usual routines, but routines are crucial for wellbeing and managing symptoms of many types of mental illness. Make sure your day has predictable structure.
• Nourish your brain. Stay hydrated—the body typically needs more water during the heat of the summer. Eat healthy seasonal produce and avoid processed summer treats as much as possible to maintain brain health.
• Enjoy nature. Take advantage of flourishing flora by stepping outside every day. Experience both green and blue spaces for mental health boosts that make a big difference.

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• Staying Hydrated is Important to Mental Health
• Tips for Summer Wellbeing When Depression or Anxiety Strike
• The Effects of Weather on Mental Health
• Is Summer Anxiety a Real Thing?
• Anxiety in the Heat and Asking for the Help I Need
• Heat Can Affect Psychiatric Patients

Today's Question: How do the summer months affect your mental health? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Building Your Confidence Can Help Your Anxiety
• Sometimes I Miss Being Sick, Even Though I Know I Shouldn’t
• Pretending to Be Someone Else at Work Can Cause Depression
• 7 Tips for Making Friends When You Live with Mental Illness
• Romanticizing the Past in Eating Disorder Recovery
• What Causes Mental Illness in Children?
• Help Is Available for Anxiety: Types of Anxiety Help
• Hurting Yourself to Help Others as a Self-Harmer
• What a Schizoaffective Voices Episode Feels Like
• Do I Have the Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression?
• Competitive Tiredness: What It Is and How to Avoid It
• Effective Communication Is Important When Combating Stigma
• Introduction to Nori Rose Hubert, Author of 'The Life: LGBT Mental Health'
• Being in the Middle of a Family Meltdown
• Binge Eating and Self-Harm: Are They Related?
• 4 Ways My Academic Experience Affected My Confidence
• How Long to Try a Bipolar Medication Before Changing It
• I'm Always Exhausted Because of My Mental Illness
• Post-Pandemic Anxiety: Adjusting to Another New Normal
• Anxiety and Time
• 3 Ways to Reduce Anxiety by Working Backward
• How Verbal Abuse Affects Your Trust in Others
• Gender Expression in the LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Community
• Feeling Guilty About Relapses with High-Functioning BPD
• Normalizing Mental Health Discussions
• The Healing Power of Mental Health Groups
• Managing Anxiety During Today's Uncertain Times
• 3 Ways I'm Working on My Emotional Self-Care
• What to Do If Someone Is Faking Depression at Work
• Tips for Summer Wellbeing When Depression or Anxiety Strike
• What I Do When My Child with ADHD Talks Excessively
• Anxiety's Harmful Impact on Eating Disorder Recovery
• Why I Always Have My Music Collection with Me
• Beat Anxiety with Passion, Purpose, and Even Fun
• Using CBT for Self-Harm Recovery
• Finding Someone New to Treat My Schizoaffective Disorder
• Raised by Parents with Mental Illness

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

A walking meditation isn't difficult even when it is designed to reduce anxiety. Learn how to do one from this video. Take a peek.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Summer Guide to Survive Skin Picking Stigma
2. Why Are We Afraid of Self-Harm? Thoughts on Self-Harm Stigma
3. Tending to Your Mental Health During Pride Month

If you're not already, I hope you'll like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Quote About Anxiety

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”

Read more quotes about living with anxiety.

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Thank you,
Deborah

Community Partner Team
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