Mental Health Awareness Month (Main Masterpost)
We’ve all been through a lot in our lives. Mentally, physically and emotionally. Especially within the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and all that comes with it, quarantining, working from home,disrupted schedules, lack of social interaction and more. Now is a good time for us to take action and prioritize our mental health like never before.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month is a month-long event to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health.
It’s important to remember that you are not alone, especially here on 7cups. 7Cups “is for anyone who wants to live in a world where the human experience is free from stigma and support. A world where all 7 billion of us grow and feel like we truly belong”.
This will be a collaboration event between the subcommunuties, group support and Content Team.The event is scheduled for May 2nd-30th, 2022.
We will be bringing in different activities for you to get engaged in. These activities will be hosted in the group support rooms and forums and will be aligned with the following themes:
Overall Theme: Together for Mental Health/Back to Basics
✨Week 1 (May 2nd-8th): Positive Mental Health
✨Week 2 (May 9th-15th): Mental Illnesses
✨Week 3 (May 16th-22nd): Speaking Up & Stigma
✨Week 4 (May 25th-30th May): Supporting Ourselves and Others
Masterposts:
*all text in BLUE is clickable!
✨Content Team: Social Media + Therapeutic Journaling/Reflection Prompts
✨Subcommunities
- Positive Mental Health (Depression Support)
- Speaking Up and Stigma (Disability Support)
- Supporting Ourselves and Others (Positivity & Gratitude)
- The Unfortunate Grit (Healthy Living)
Join us throughout the month for daily prompts, group discussions, forum threads, and more here on the site and on our various social media platforms.
This event will be open for participation until May 31st, 2022. Members and listeners can earn the Bridging Community badge by following the requirements below.
Requirements for the Bridging Community badge:
Participate in at least one Mental Health Awareness activity in the forums, group chat room or social media.
Please subscribe to this thread and check your alerts as weekly events will be posted in this thread.
Please use this FORM to track your participation in the events. Please only submit one form per user.
@CheeryMango @SoulfullyAButterfly @ouiCherie
@CheeryMango
I plan on making this month's check ins geared toward this months awareness with some links and questions to ask out 35+ Community.
This month is bringing me lots of hope...
I want to earn bridging community badge
@theboymoana
you can, just participate in any of the events and fill the form!
disability support is having an event by may 16th, but depression support has started an event so you can participate and fill the form
let me know if you have any questions nahoa, my pms are always open
This Month is very promising and I am very hopeful we all shall do great
@CherryMango
Very nice, thank you.
I'm excited!
Hey @cheerfulIceCream! When you have created the posts in the community, you can either tag me in the post or send me the link and I will add it to the masterpost.
This is very important to as a mental health practitioner and behavior technician. Thank you for posting this.
Looking forward to participating :)
@CheeryMango
Yay May! 🌞❤