mental wellbeing

We all have mental health and our mental wellbeing can fluctuate day-to-day When you're not feeling great, it can feel harder to take action to benefit your wellbeing. However there are small steps we can take in our everyday lives to look after our mental wellbeing.
There are many benefits of taking action to support your wellbeing, such as:

Greater self-confidence and control
Improved quality of life
Healthier behaviours
Better understanding of your own health

How do I know when to take action to benefit my mental wellbeing?

It's important to notice when your mental wellbeing may be slipping so that you can take action to boost it. Here are some questions that you might find helpful to ask yourself if you think that you are experiencing lower mental wellbeing.

Useful questions to ask yourself:

• Have you been withdrawing and not feeling
like socialising lately?

• Have you been distancing yourself from
friends, family and housemates?

• Have you felt that your academic, sporting or
extracurricular performance hasn't been
where you'd like it be recently?

• Have you experienced a significant change in
your eating habits-having a much smaller, or
bigger, appetite than usual?

• Have you noticed that you're sleeping more
than usual, finding it difficult to fall asleep or
having difficulty staying asleep?

•Have you found it more of a struggle to take
care of your personal appearance lately?

When you're not feeling great, it can be hard to know what will help you to feel better. It's a good idea to create a Wellbeing Toolkit detailing all the things that you know help you to maintain good wellbeing. If you need inspiration we've collected ideas from students, university staff and even the Student Minds staff team:

Getting into a good sleep
•Routine Regular sleep and wake times.

•Reduce screen time before bed.

•Do something relaxing before bed like yoga
or reading. Use an alarm clock rather than
your phone, to reduce temptation to sit and
scroll in the morning

•Keep your room tidy and change your
bedsheets

•Regularly Write down to-dos and worries
before bed so it's easier to switch off

•Making time for hnical activity Ge for a walk
or a bike ride.

•Try something gentle like yoga or pilates.

•Take up a team sport and get to know other
people.

•Be mindful of your environment

•Clean and declutter

•Spend time outdoors in the fresh air and nature Take in the beauty of your surroundings.

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