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How To Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month
The best and most straightforward way to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month is to promote mental health awareness yourself. This could involve posting about mental health statistics on social media or discussing the importance of maintaining good mental health with your friends and loved ones.
You could also consider contacting your elected officials to let them know what steps you believe they should be taking to address mental health concerns in your area. Alternatively, you could look for fundraisers and other events near you that are dedicated to promoting the importance of taking care of your mental health.

Finally, you should take steps to make sure your own psychological condition is good. This may mean evaluating your current lifestyle to determine if it’s beneficial for you, readjusting your priorities and behaviors in a way that will alleviate stress and improve your mood and potentially seeking out therapy if necessary.

Tips To Maintain Positive Mental Health
Consider practicing behaviors like these to improve both your mental and physical health by reducing stress, minimizing your chances of becoming sick and raising your energy:[5]

• Exercise for at least 30 minutes on a regular basis
• Eat healthy and drink plenty of water
• Stick to a consistent sleep schedule and avoid looking at screens before going to bed
• Make time for relaxing activities like listening to music, reading or meditating
• Set realistic goals

A social network is simply a group of people close to you. This network — made up of friends, family, co-workers, neighbors and others — is how you give and receive instrumental and emotional support. Emotional support is intended to lift someone’s spirits, relieve sadness, give encouragement or offer advice. Think of your networks and relationships as a convoy traveling down the road of life with you. Some of your relationships are in it for the long haul. Others use the on- or offramps, and some take different roads entirely. Relationships in your convoy change over time, but all provide support and contribute to your well-being along the journey. As people age, the road can feel lonely. Caring for children or aging parents can make it challenging to maintain friendships. This is normal, and means you must be more intentional about establishing and maintaining relationships, which isn’t easy. Devoting time to relationships. If you’re looking to expand your social network, try a few of these ideas:

• Take note of current connections.
• Make the effort to reach out.
• Go where people are.
• Extend and accept invitations.
• Be available..

Adults with a strong social network have a reduced risk of depression, lower blood pressure and keep a healthy weight.