We're Back!

Hello everyone! We are very pleased to announce that the Nightline blog is back! We've got new posts every day this week, as well as new bloggers, and we are extremely excited about everything that they're going to discuss here.

To kick the blog off once again is Nightline Awareness Week. This year's theme is self care, which is an extremely important aspect of mental wellbeing. You will probably have heard the term before, but what does it mean? The Self Care Forum defines self care as:

The actions that individuals take for themselves, on behalf of and with others in order to develop, protect, maintain and improve their health, wellbeing or wellness.

This can range from simple things like perfect cups of tea to taking a long walk to playing a game with family or friends. Sometimes it is difficult to take care of yourself when feeling mentally unwell, but these little things can add up to make a bad day a good one, and a good one a great one.

To some of our volunteers, self care means:

"...just looking after myself. I think it's important to take breaks to see friends, do some things that make you happy, and sometimes even just do nothing!"

"...balancing your goals with your needs. It is going slightly beyond your comfort zone but understanding your mental and physical limits."

"...being as honest with myself as possible, trying to never be too sure of anything and trying to always see the best in people."

What do you do for self care? Coming up in the next few days will be a list of suggestions of what to do, as well as a discussion tackling the idea that self care is selfish. (A hint: it isn't!)

Don't forget, if times get tough, Nightline is always here to listen.

Yours,

-Wendy