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Mental Health Association of South Mississippi hosts event at Scarlet Pearl
Mental Health Association of South Mississippi hosts event at Scarlet Pearl By Bill Snyder | May 5, 2021 at 2:55 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 6:31 PM
DâIBERVILLE, Miss. (WLOX) - Mental health is as important as physical health. That, and many other topics were discussed at Wednesdayâs Mental Health Awareness Breakfast hosted by the Mental Health Association of South Mississippi at the Scarlet Pearl Casino.
âIt was my first year in the state senate last year and it also happened to be the year that COVID hit,â said Sen. Jeremy England, who represents Mississippiâs 51st District.
âYou are not alone,â Peer Support Specialist uses her own struggle to help others
âYou are not alone,â Peer Support Specialist uses her own struggle to help others By Alison Spann | May 3, 2021 at 8:52 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 9:02 PM
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Peer support specialist Melody Worsham has an important message she wants to share with coastal Mississippians.
âNumber one, you are not alone.â
Worsham has had her own struggles with mental illness and understands how hard it can be to reach out for help. However, she says she wished she would have sought help sooner.
âIf I had had other people like me, like peer support available and that accepting group of people that I can talk to, I think it would have made a huge difference. Cause I see how fast people recover using the peer support we offer and how fast itâs happened since Iâve connected to peer support for myself,â Worsham said.
âItâs just been very stressfulâ: National report says Mississippians are stressed out According to recent data, Mississippi is the fifth most stressed out state according to their research. (Source: WLOX) By Bill Snyder | April 8, 2021 at 2:38 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 2:54 PM
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - April is National Stress Awareness Month, and the numbers said Mississippians are some of the most stressed out people in America.
According to WalletHub.com, Mississippi is the fifth most stressed out state according to their research. They based it on health, money, work and family.
Maegan Willis has a lot going on these days. Sheâs moving, and sheâs also planning a wedding, which are two things that could cause major stress.
Fire does not deter motel owner trying to help the homeless
Fire does not deter motel owner trying to help the homeless By John Fitzhugh | January 11, 2021 at 6:19 PM CST - Updated January 11 at 7:09 PM
GULFPORT Miss. (WLOX) - No good deed goes unpunished.
A Gulfport motel owner may be feeling that way on Monday after a fire was set in one of the rooms he rented to a homeless woman at a discount rate.
“We try to give them a discount and we just try to help them out so they don’t have to stay in this cold weather like 40 degrees and they don’t want to get freeze up,” said Hitesh Bhalavat, owner of the Super 8 motel on Highway 49 in North Gulfport. “So we try to help them out, but look at what happened.”