What Would You Like For Mental Health Awareness Month
Hello Mindfulness Community
I hope we are all well and doing our best.
I'd like to brain storm with you all on What would you like the Mindfulness Team to share on for Mental Health Awareness Month?
** More Forum Discussions
** Certain Daily Check -Ins-certain topics
** Menatal Health Awareness Discussions in Mindfulness Room(@soulsings)
** Fun things do to
Anything and everything we are all open to. This is the time where everyone can share and learn more on Mental Health.
So Please share on things you like to see in Mindfulness Forums
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@RumpleSteeleSkin
Yay Rumple! Thanks for the amazing thread! 
I would like to see more about things to do for mental health, as often the focus is moreso on mental illness.
@AffyAvo
Affy thanks for sharing. Can you please give me some examples so I understand you better
@RumpleSteeleSkin Often here when discussing mental health, the topic of stigma comes up. I don't think there is much of a stigma related to mental health.
The current health challenge is a good example of something for (mostly) physical health - eating so many fruits and veggies in a day, exercising a minimum amount and balance, these are things that not everyone with a physical illness can do. I would like to see similar things go on for mental health, ways to maintain or even improve overall mental health, not things to deal with a mental illness.
@AffyAvo
So skills on how to maintain/deal with mental health? Some that are also for physical health as well?
@RumpleSteeleSkin
I don't think Affy was asking for physical health, just using it as an example :)
@MonBon
ummm yes I just threw it out there.....
@RumpleSteeleSkin Hi Rumple! :) How are you? I hope you are having a wonderful Friday so far! <3 I love all of those ideas and fully support them! <3
@SaimaK
HIa Saima great to see you I am doing awesome today. I worked very early this morning, got off early too. House is cleaned. Kids are practicing their music for their concerts coming up. Windows are opened and the weather is so nice also hearing the birds sing. So Im content
Im glad you love the ideas but was wondering what YOU would like during this month?
@RumpleSteeleSkin Great to see you too! :) I am glad to hear that today has been a pretty good day for you! <3 :D I think it would be nice if their was a daily post/check-in that focused on a different mental health condition for each day of this month. It would be quite informative, and may encourage others to share their experiences/stories. :)
@SaimaK
HIa Saima good to hear from you. Yes we are gathering all this wonderful feedback and going to offer many different things for check ins and such
@RumpleSteeleSkin It's good to hear from you too! :) I am really happy to hear that and really look forward to it! :D <3
@RumpleSteeleSkin Great! Looking forward to seeing what people want for Mental Health month!
@Kate
woooot-woooot Kate. Yes me to as we are here for the community and Id like for them to see things that are what they need
@RumpleSteeleSkin
Oh... just a few from me... my 50 cent worth...
Feed the Soul Sundays -- How can we prepare ourselves for the week ahead? Overcome that dread of another day of school/work? What can we do to help ourselves through mindfulness and other tips.
Mindset Mondays --- let's kick the week off with some positive thoughtfulness and mindfulness. Maybe explore some of the specific practices in Mindfulness that can help get your feet back on the ground - so to speak.
Teachable Tuesdays -- How can we help those around us - family, friends, coworkers, etc - understand what Mental Illness is and how to best help us? Information that's shareable - break the stigma of mental health - open the door to conversation, etc.
Worry Less Wednesdays -- maybe some tips on cutting stress, inspiring quotes, and mindfulness video sessions in the chat room.
Thankful Thursdays -- Gratitude is such an amazing seed that we can sow within ourselves and our communities - and gratitude has such a healing power for someone who is stressed, depressed, lonely, overwhelmed, feeling unappreciated, anxious and more. Helping us with tips on how to see the little glimmers we should be grateful for when we're at our darkest.
Forgiving Fridays -- Let's talk about forgiveness - for others and for ourselves and how that impacts our mental health.
Social Saturdays -- Start a conversation in the real world, on social media, here at 7cups about Mental Health and the needs of this community. Talk about the taboo nature of the subject. Break the silence - break the taboo. Have some facts to share - there are lots of printables already prepared you find on the internet.
Okay... that's me... at the moment... off the cuff....
@diplomaticconfucious
OMG So love love this Diplomati. I just copied this all. I love this all thank you
@RumpleSteeleSkin
:::feeling loved and appreciated:::
I needed this... so bad... I'm on the verge of crying.
::huggles the big elephant:::
@diplomaticconfucious youre awesome
@diplomaticconfucious
@diplomaticconfucious
*steals Feed the Soul Sundays for mindfulness checkin*
Great ideas <3
@diplomaticconfucious
Wow! What great themes for a week long celebration :D
@MonBon
Thanks :D
I am always looking for:
~ new coping skills
~ self care ideas
~ new hobbies and interests
@emotionalMaple9419
Hia Maple wonderful to see you here thank you for sharing on what you like to see this coming month. So yes we can add new coping skills and self care ideas as well as hobbies and such
@RumpleSteeleSkin
Thanks for your post! It's always wonderful seeing you too!
Another idea I'd love information on for mental health is~
What does being mentally healthy mean exactly?
What would being mentally healthy look and feel like?
Mental Health is a wonderful topic that is so important daily on so many levels.
@emotionalMaple9419
Maple this sounds like wonderful forum threads for discussions. Im already thinking of a few now-thanks
I would like to see a forum discussion on mindfulness with regards to self-care :)
@MonBon
Hi Mon thanks for sharing on what you like to seeYes the self care discussions are coming this month!!
What is mental health and how does one possess it while others do not? Do we have methods of reliably restoring mental health in individuals for whom their mental health is in a state of disorder, and what are those methods supported by? Are they supported by science? Just a few studies or a large body of replicated scientific studies? From which journals? Or are the methods proposed for reclaiming mental health perhaps supported by something else other than science? And what is that something else? How do we know it's reliable?
I ask that whatever knowledge claims being presented also cite the sources in support of said claim - the source for how we can know what we claim to know - so that every reader can ascertain the reliability of the source and the probability of its truthfulness. If the evidence in support of a claim is neither testable nor detectable within the closest approximation to what we can know about reality, I would struggle to distinguish that untestable and undetectable evidence from something which does not exist. Therefore, I think it's important that, when making a claim to know something, we can provide evidence for how we know something is the case in a way that is demonstrable to others. And the best way to do that which I'm aware of, is to present evidence which is testable, detectable, and can be demonstrated within reality (or its closest approximation). Otherwise, we are left with the null hypothesis, that the knowledge claim hasn't met its burden of proof and we can say it is not the case until it is demonstrated.
Cite the sources for any knowledge claims, because if you can't show it, you don't know it.
@Zeraphim
Zera thank you for this. We will do our best
@RumpleSteeleSkin
I would find it interesting to discuss what people usually consume (food not supplements) and what kind of activity they do to boost their dopamine levels (if applicable) unless this is more a topic for the healthy forum.
@amiablePeace77
It could be a crosspollination with both communities maybe :)
@amiablePeace77
Peace thank you for sharing this idea. Yes we can add this in as well. All things are possible this coming monthAlso you can do a forum thread yourself on this. I am going to be pulling out the community alot this month
@RumpleSteeleSkin
that's a good idea, i will work on that :)
@amiablePeace77
HI Peace you can do this- wootwooot!!!!
I would love to figure out how to get a free pysc Dr and make that person or current one give me a med since I don't have insurance until July 1.
@DanaMH
HI Dana good to see you. Have you went into the disability area in the forums on these concerns and to gain some support?