Nature's Role in Mental Health Awareness Week

Discover how connecting with nature can empower individuals in preventing and recovering from poor mental health, including benefits such as increased self-esteem, reduced stress, better sleep, enhanced concentration, and more. Explore the impact of avoidance behaviors on mental well-being and learn strategies to overcome perceived difficulties. Mental Health Awareness Week emphasizes the vital link between nature, emotions, and behaviors in promoting overall mental well-being.

• Nature
• Mental Health
• Awareness Week
• Empowerment
• Well-being

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1. Mental Health Awareness Week Connecting with Nature

2. Mental Health Awareness Week Since the beginning of the pandemic, millions of us turned to nature to help us get through lockdowns. Nature is empowering in both prevention of and recovery from poor mental health. Mark Rowland Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation

3. What is Mental Health? How we think How we feel How we act

4. What is Mental Health? Family Nature Hobbies circumstances Not seeing friends Lockdown School Pressure

5. Connecting with Nature Increasing self-esteem and self- confidence Feeling happier Feeling less stressed or angry Improving attention and concentration Having more and better- quality sleep Feeling less worried Encouraging participation in physical activities Being more environmentally aware Increasing social contact with other people and animals

6. Feelings of Anxiety

7. Avoidance behaviours are any actions a person takes to escape from difficult thoughts and feelings.

8. Avoidance Behaviours Perceived ability Perceived difficulty

9. Get comfortable feeling a bit stretched Perceived difficulty Perceived ability