Mental Health Awareness Week 10th -16th May 2021



This week is Mental Health Awareness Week.  At Gracemount, with getting back to school and a lot of pupils facing assessments, we are going to be focussing the week on Anxiety and Stress.  Throughout the week we will be posting information about how to identify anxiety and stress and the Pupil Leadership Team have come up with their top tips to reduce stress and anxiety. 

 

Anxiety can manifest itself in many ways; from feelings of tension which develop over a long time to panic attacks and phobias.  

Anxiety is defined by the following symptoms; increase in heart rate, sweating, sense of dread, shortness of breath, dizziness, insomnia.  

Anxiety and fear can be a difficult cycle to break, an individual who feels anxious about something is very likely to start fearing the anxiety itself, which can start causing problems in their daily life and routine. That’s why it is so important to get support as early as possible 

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