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What can I do to help maintain positive mental health?
Practical tips, support and things you can do to maintain positive mental health.
Written by: spunout
Last updated: May-13-25
How to build new coping skills
Coping is what you do to protect your mental and emotional health when you’re experiencing stress. Everyone has their own ways of coping, and people use different coping strategies depending on the situation they’re in. A coping strategy is a behaviour or a way of thinking that helps you manage stress. Some coping strategies can […]
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How to improve your self-esteem
Your self-esteem contributes significantly to your overall emotional, psychological, and physical health. Research shows that your self-esteem can predict your success and well-being in key areas like work, education, relationships, and health. This makes it important to reflect on and try to improve your self-esteem if you feel it’s low or could be improved. What […]
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Common thought patterns and how they can affect your life
Thoughts are one of the building blocks that shape how you experience the world. Your thoughts can also influence your emotions and actions. Thoughts help you understand what’s happening around you by interpreting current information from your environment and past information from your memories. This process isn’t always accurate and our thought patterns are vulnerable […]
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How to change your thought patterns
Your thoughts shape how you see yourself and experience the world. They help you understand what’s happening around you and help you identify your needs, spot potential dangers, and choose what to do next. Your thoughts aren’t always an accurate reflection of the world, even if they feel very real. They can become biased and […]
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How to practise self-care
Research on how young people practise self-care when in distress is still growing. However, it is clear that many people find relief and enjoyment in self-care activities. Everyone finds different things fulfilling so finding self-care practices that work best for you might require a little experimentation. Self-care is about finding what recharges you and brings […]
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How you regulate your emotions
Emotions are one of the central building blocks of your internal experience. They help shape how you understand yourself and the world around you. Emotions can also have an impact on your thoughts and your actions. People experience a wide range of emotions every day, and sometimes, emotions can become intense and difficult to deal […]
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Dealing with difficult emotions
When faced with difficult emotions, our natural instinct might be to shut them down or block them out. This often happens because the fear of feeling these emotions can be overwhelming. You might worry that you’ll become overwhelmed by anger, or that once you turn towards your distress, you won’t ever find a way out. […]
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Understanding the link between resilience and mental health
Building resilience isn’t easy, but it’s a rewarding process that can help protect your mental health when you face life’s inevitable challenges. In this factsheet, you will find information on the benefits of resilience, how resilience relates to mental health, and some of the common barriers to strengthening resilience. To learn more about how to […]
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