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The importance of talking

As a child, I was desperate to talk about things. Growing up and struggling through school, I wanted to know why I mentally and emotionally struggled. I wanted to know why my left leg and foot looked different to my right one.

When I was growing up mental health wasn’t on the radar. My issues were never discussed or talked about. As a general rule, if children had any emotional problems, they continued to struggle. But when it comes to mental health the importance of talking cannot be stressed enough.

Today far more people have a basic understanding of mental health and the importance of talking. Although we have a greater basic knowledge of mental health, there are still misconceptions and mental health issues are still rife in society and prevalent amongst young people. It doesn’t end there.

A report by Time to Change estimate that 65% of young people with mental illness have faced stigma from their friends with 50% receiving stigma from their parents.

The same report highlights the effects this can have on our mental health as well as on the rest of our lives. 30% said mental health had prevented them applying or taking up a university place. 50% talked about the fear of negative reactions had prevented them from applying for jobs, or the stigma they had received. Sadly, 28% said other people’s reactions had made them want to give up on life.

It helps for us to talk, to talk about how we feel. When others don’t talk, we learn not to talk. It’s all about opening up. Being able to say how you feel is one step further away from anxiety. Share your personal experiences, talk about how you feel.

We can all help make a society, where we don’t have to feel bad about things. By simply having a conversation, you take away the stigma of mental health.

https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/

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The Importance of Understanding Others’ Reality

When it comes to Covid, not all our immune responses will mirror the exact same response even if were to catch it twice, or we were to catch another virus. Immunity will always give a different response. When it comes to the vaccine, we can still be very poorly. It all depends on our immune response. There are no guarantees.

Covid isn't being spoken about

The politicians have stopped talking about Covid, but people are still discussing the virus, talking about their immunity on community forums, talking about their experiences. People who have caught Covid and who are vaccinated, are still talking about their different immune responses.

Natural immunity and vaccine immunity doesn't last

But natural immunity or vaccine immunity doesn’t last, and like the common cough and flu virus, immunity is constantly changing, so you may not be as immune to new versions of the virus. It’s also the same with the vaccines. Getting Covid multiple times is bad for the immune system, so it is important to take care the necessary precautions once you are better.

The virus isn't going away, and we should be more vigilant. I choose to listen to myself, more than I listen to the government. We can’t assume we’re all going to be okay if we catch Covid.

Think of others

If you’re not masking up for yourself, perhaps you can think about doing it for someone else. It's about understanding others' reality and thinking of others. You may just save someone from chronic illness, or worse case scenario, from death.

When it comes to the virus, we're being told it's not gone and still no one is safe.

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The Importance of Changing Perspective

I changed my own perspective in my twenties when I realised the life I was emotionally living wasn't the life I wanted to live. It changed for good in my forties, when and for the first time, I came away with a diagnosis of a disability I didn’t know I had.

Covid-19 and our resistance

In Covid-19 the world embarked on resistance and it’s still resisting 3-years on. We’re back in our lives, but there is still the underlying current, and disconnection between us and us dealing with our mental health.

We all need to adapt and grow

Covid-19 has shown us that it is important to adapt, and that growth is necessary if we are to live our lives successfully, once more. In the pre-pandemic days, we didn’t have to think about our lives, alongside a virus. Life was easier, people were more together, we lived without a care, now without caring, it is easy to get caught out.

Changing perspective happens slowly

Changing perspective happens slowly over time, primarily because of the places and the experiences we're exposed to, but it's often at a pace that we're comfortable with, so change doesn't feel so scary. We didn't always have to think too hard about it, we were confident enough to get on with things.

The CP Diary

Through my writing, The CP Diary helps to change perspectives, as long as you're prepared to put the work in.

Change can be scary, but long-term, without change, time stands still, and we may stagnate. Where change can catch us off guard, we learn that change isn't all bad. Often it's the apprehension we feel that makes change difficult. Through the other end, we learn that changing perspective is a good thing.

In many cases, it can lead us back into our lives, as my experiences have shown.

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The Importance of Exercise for Children

Given Covid-19, children are spending more and more time on their phones and tablets and less time playing outdoors, or in any physical activity. The resulting problem of childhood obesity is a huge concern in the UK, throughout Europe and the US.

Given what’s happening with Covid, it has never been more important than it is now to encourage a healthy and active lifestyle in children from a young age to try and reduce the amount of inactivity and sedentary lifestyles in children.

The UK chief medical officer’s guidelines recommend that children between 5-18 years old should be physically active for at least 60 minutes every day. This includes moderate-vigorous physical activity, such as cycling, swimming or taking part in an organised sport.

Primary schools are the best place to teach them how to adopt and maintain a healthy active lifestyle. It is suggested that children achieve at least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity in school and at least 30 minutes outside of school. But it is questionable how many really manage this.

As children spend such a significant part of their week in school, it is important schools and teachers play an active role in promoting a healthy lifestyle and give pupils lots of opportunities to be physically active in school.

This activity needs to be varied to ensure children don’t lose interest, it is important schools offer different activities and sports at different levels, to appeal to everyone.

Physical activity has countless health benefits for children. Not only does exercise improve a child’s overall health and fitness, but it can also help to improve their mental health and cognitive development as well.

Some of the main benefits of physical activity for children are:

Builds confidence and improves social skills;

Strengthens muscles and bones;

Helps to develop coordination;

Enhances concentration and learning;

Makes children feel good and elevates their mood;

Inspires positivity and encourages tolerance;

Helps to relieve stress and maintain mental and emotional wellbeing;

Improves sleep and energy level.

Conclusion

It also reduces the risk of morbidity and mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases and improves overall health and fitness and helps children maintain a healthy weight to prevent childhood obesity.

It has been well documented about the importance of exercise for children and adults, even more so now we’re in Covid-19. Whilst children aren’t in school and it’s difficult to go out, there are exercises they can do at home.

Rebounding is a good exercise, and skipping, jumping and step; anything and everything that works the heart. Children also have their age, which is a great help.

Source: https://www.earlyyearsresources.co.uk

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