Mental Health Blog – Page 5 – Jake Symons

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"Body Image" Bubble Text reflected in a mirror with text reading "Mental Health Awareness Week 2019."

Mental Health Awareness Week 2019

2 Comments / Mental Health Awareness Week / By Jake Symons / May 13, 2019

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 and we do things BIG over here. I’ve never done this before and I want to make my first ever MHAW amazing!

<img width="850" height="425" src="https://i0.wp.com/jakesymons.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Uni-Mental-Health-Day-2019-Roundup-1.png?fit=850%2C425&ssl=1" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Red Circle of Stick People Enclosing Text: University Mental Health Day. Use Your Voice. March 7th 2019." decoding="async" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/jakesymons.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Uni-Mental-Health-Day-2019-Roundup-1.png?w=850&ssl=1 850w, https://i0.wp.com/jakesymons.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Uni-Mental-Health-Day-2019-Roundup-1.png?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/jakesymons.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Uni-Mental-Health-Day-2019-Roundup-1.png?resize=768%2C384&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px" />

Red Circle of Stick People Enclosing Text: University Mental Health Day. Use Your Voice. March 7th 2019.

#UniMentalHealthDay: Roundup

Leave a Comment / Other Mental Health Awareness Events / By Jake Symons / March 8, 2019

Uni Mental Health Day 2019 is all over now. Here are the best bits of inspiration and actionable tips to help you get through to the next one.

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Red Circle of Stick People Enclosing Text: University Mental Health Day. Use Your Voice. March 7th 2019.

#UniMentalHealthDay

4 Comments / Other Mental Health Awareness Events / By Jake Symons / March 7, 2019

7/3/19 – #UniMentalHealthDay. Mental health in uni is on the rise. It’s time we spoke up, shared our story, and made uni a better place for mental health.

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2 Heart Shaped Cookies with One Absent leaving a heart shaped cutout outlined with sugar.

Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2019 Roundup

Leave a Comment / Eating Disorders Awareness Week / By Jake Symons / March 6, 2019

So much happened during #EDAW2019 so here is a selection of the best content around the web.

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2 Heart Shaped Cookies with One Absent leaving a heart shaped cutout outlined with sugar.

Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2019

3 Comments / Eating Disorders Awareness Week / By Jake Symons / March 4, 2019

So it’s the end of EDAW. Never having an eating disorder in this post I share how this weeks helped me.

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Blank scrabble pieces with upturned pieces reading "Mental Health" with corresponding scores for each letter.

Mental Health Online: A Small Bite

Leave a Comment / Mental Health Advocacy / By Jake Symons / February 15, 2019

Here is my small bite about trying to navigate the online world of social media when you have mental health. It’s a dangerous place. Here’s my advice on how to deal with it the best you can.

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Old desk with clock, quill with blue ink and notepad.

How Free Writing Helps Me

1 Comment / Coping Strategies / By Jake Symons / February 12, 2019

Free writing is a very personal way of getting out what you’re going through, allowing your ideas to flow and to get things out your head.