Introverts, Extroverts: Mental Health Awareness Month Tips

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Introverts, Extroverts: Mental Health Awareness Month Tips

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time for actively spotlighting mental health (Importance of Mental Health Awareness Month). For many extroverts, this month is energizing in its opportunities to interact with others and raise awareness of a cause dear to them. For many introverts, this is a month of inner conflict. While the desire to raise awareness is there, the thought of having to go public is dreadful.

Here are some tips for both introverts and extroverts for participating in Mental Health Awareness Month.
Extroverts:

• Host a themed poster-making party to create and hang signs.
• Participate in a local event, such as a walk or run.
• Grab some friends, hit the beach or a park (you might need permission), set up chairs and a sign, and invite people to sit and chat.

Introverts:

• Use your creativity to make things to give to close friends or family members.
• Make bookmarks containing mental health tips, take them to the library, and leave them on tables or on shelves between books.
• Invite a few people over to watch and discuss a movie about mental health or illness.

If you want to participate in raising awareness during Mental Health Awareness Month, do it your way. Introvert or extrovert, do something that fits you.

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• Coaching Social Initiative to the Introverted Teen
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Your Thoughts

Today's Question: In what ways, big or small, are you participating in Mental Health Awareness Month? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, knowledge, and experiences on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

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

• Bipolar Medication Weight Gain Worsened My Depression
• Life with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
• Using H.A.L.T. to Avoid Triggers in Addiction Recovery
• Binge Eating Disorder Recovery and Dating
• How a Mental Health Community Reduces Stigma’s Impact
• Use Physical Fitness to Fight Mental Health Stigma
• You Can Let Yourself Be Anxious (Why It’s OK)
• Use Distress Tolerance Skills for Dissociation in DID
• My Schizoaffective Disorder Is Not My Fault
• Live Life Now: Living in the Present Moment
• Social Anxiety, Dread of Meeting New People
• Small Achievements to Celebrate in Bipolar Disorder

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

Bipolar and Body Image

Some of us with bipolar disorder also face body image challenges. The negative thoughts about my body started developing before I was diagnosed with bipolar 2. This eventually led to my having an eating disorder.

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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. How To Stop Worrying About What Others Think
2. Homeless With Schizophrenia
3. The Pain of Living with Bipolar 2 Disorder

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

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Mental Health Quote

"The darkest place I’ve ever seen was inside me, and nothing scared me more."

Read more mental health quotes.

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