YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support

Counsellor running Your Voice Counselling. Bristol, Mental Health Support.

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

Calling All #MentalHealth Bloggers!!!

Whether it's a recovery story, your experience of living with a mental health problem, or article about what helps you maintain your mental health, all contributions will be considered. Let me know!

More info:

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[John McGuirk - Mental Health @mcguirk_john]

Good morning, and happy #InternationalMensDay. Today, many will suggest that it's OK for men to open up, which is great! However, if we want to support men, we need to do more than that.

@EmpireFightingC @ProRealVR @otrbristol
#InternationalMensDay2019

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[Voxel Hub @VoxelHub]

Google Digital Wellbeing Experiments: "A collection of ideas and tools that help people find a better balance with technology. We hope these experiments inspire developers and designers to consider digital wellbeing in everything they design and make."
https://t.co/CjyHgVR92o

[John McGuirk - Mental Health @mcguirk_john]

It's #InternationalMensDay2019 tomorrow, so I've decided to summarise my thoughts on why we struggle to engage men when it comes to their mental health, and how some services are succeeding more in this area.

@EmpireFightingC @ProRealVR @otrbristol
https://t.co/mTBAQXCpwY

[John McGuirk - Mental Health @mcguirk_john]

Therapy is best known for helping people recover their mental health, but often we forget how it can be used to *build* our mental health, so we can maximise our potential:

#mentalhealth #personalgrowth #coaching #meaning #purpose
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[John McGuirk - Mental Health @mcguirk_john]

Mental health, or psychological development, is a journey, from recovery, to fitness, to great adventure into human psyche. Each stage requires learning new skills, building new alliances with those around us, courage. It's an epic, heroic journey that never ends.
#mentalhealth

[John McGuirk - Mental Health @mcguirk_john]

I'm a psychotherapist & supervisor for therapists with 10 years experience, especially working with young people. Ask me anything mental health related in replies or DMs, and I'll aim to give you a 60 sec video reply!
#AskMeAnything #psychotherapy #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #AMA

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

Chronic Pain Solutions

When finding yourself obsessively focusing on the parts of your body that are in pain, try to bring your attention to parts of your body that feel neutral or good. And rest your attention there.

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

Chronic Pain Solutions

When finding yourself obsessively focusing on the parts of your body that are in pain, try to bring your attention to parts of your body that feel neutral or good. And rest your attention there.

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

Lessons from the Room:

Recovery and growth is as much about challenge and risk as it is about safety and soothing. Both are needed. Both are essential. Balance and timing is key.

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

Today's Wisdom from the Treatment Room:

The answer to "Why do we suffer?" is, perhaps, "No reason, suffering is meaningless." Until, that is, we ourselves give it meaning. So, a better question may be "In the face of suffering, how do we give it meaning, how do we move forward?"

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

@Sammieb1980 You can do this! :-)

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

@Sammieb1980 Hang in there Sam x

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

@davidgoggins Ultimately, it is on each of us to make of suffering what we will. That is our daily choice.

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

Today's Wisdom from the Treatment Room:

The answer to "Why do we suffer?" is, perhaps, "No reason, suffering is meaningless." Until, that is, we ourselves give it meaning. So, a better question may be "In the face of suffering, how do we give it meaning, how do we move forward?"

[YVC Bristol - Mental Health Support @YVC_Bristol]

One answer may be "suffering can bring us together. Helping someone through suffering is a great gift that we can give." Another, that @davidgoggins might agree with is "suffering hones the body & mind into a great instrument of forbearance, helping us grow into true greatness."

[Psych Hacker @Psych_Hacker]

Key concepts I cover when it comes to creating new, valued habits:
* Connect to personal values
* Small changes regularly
* Same time, same day
* Use nudges
* Use rewards
* Tag habit onto already established routine
* Do Cost-Benefit analyses if needed
* Celebrate!

[Psych Hacker @Psych_Hacker]

Play to your bio-system's strengths. Learn to use your hormonal systems sustainably and smartly so that creating the life you want is as easy as possible. Swim with the current of you can, not against it.

[Everyday Mindfulness @MindfulEveryday]

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another." ~ Charles Dickens
#mndfulness

[Psych Hacker @Psych_Hacker]

New Habit Creation - Weekly Review

* Creative Writing: everyday before work, averaging 4000 words per week. Feels great!
* Daily Run: Running every day after work. Times are getting faster.
* No smoking: hit 12 weeks clean today.

#Success #LifeHacks #psychology #motivation

[Psych Hacker @Psych_Hacker]

New Habit Creation: Daily Run - Day 12

* Daily run, complete!
* Block circled twice in 6min 10sec. (New Record!)
* Streak: 12 Days

Goal - run every day after work - Success!

#NewHabits #LifeHacks #Running #Exercise #Workout #psychology #LifeHack #Motivation