Anxiety causes restlessness, fatigue, muscle tension and irritability, while panic attacks cause shaking / trembling, chest pain, flashes of feeling hot or cold and a sense of detachment, from the self, the world, and loss of control.
This Georgia educator went viral for wanting to instill confidence among her kindergartner students. She does this by letting them look in a mirror decorated with positive statements as they declare affirmations one at a time.
Pooja Jauhari What mental health (MH) needs is unashamed conversations and absolute normalisation. That has been the biggest driver for me during this pandemic. I was open, shared my struggle and invited more to have an open dialogue around it. That was in my circle. This article gives me an opportunity to share what I have learnt and discovered with a wider group. The lockdown has been hard on me. Like it’s been on so many people. But as I worked through my struggles and my ability to channel this tension into productivity I discovered new resilience. I don’t have all the answers, what I have is a quick snippet on my experience and how I built my mental strength. A lot of the points below are things I learnt from my life coach, things I use in my everyday life. Things I fall back on, while dealing with my everyday tasks.