It’s May and as we toil away on our various internet projects, we can only hope we maintain our mental health until the checks come rolling in and we can walk away from our wage earning jobs one last time!
Seriously though, May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. On the 8th it was Children’s Mental Health Awareness day. There are many people who suffer from mental illness and disorders. It can be mild versions of obsessive-compulsiveness or adult ADD where it doesn’t interfere with the quality of everyday life. It can also be severe like with schizophrenics who hear voices that instruct them to kill. Simple life style changes and even diet changes (maintaining blood sugar, avoiding caffeine, etc.) can often manage mental illness and disorders. Other times it may take hospitalization to find the medication combination that will allow a person who suffers from serious mental illness to live a “normal” life.
Early treatment can prevent people from being at risk of hurting themselves or others. Here is more information on mental health on Jan’s Group Home Support.