Tuesday Tips for Wellness

Mental Health Week is May 4-10

Information provided by the Canadian Mental Health Association

The Canadian Mental Health Association recognizes May 4-10 as Mental Health Week: a yearly tradition with communities, schools and workplaces rallying to celebrate, protect and promote mental health.

This year, the theme is ‘social connection’ and its importance for mental health. Each year, one in five Canadians will experience a mental illness or mental health issue, but five in five Canadians has mental health. We all need social connection, more now than ever before.

This year’s campaign is based on the insight that people in Canada commonly ask one another how we are but that it is also common not to provide – or expect – a truthful answer. Many of us say we’re fine, even when we don’t mean it. ‘Fine’ keeps us at arm’s length from real social connections with others. Every time we just go through the motions, we miss a chance to connect with others in a meaningful way.

Connecting doesn’t just feel good; it’s also good for your mental health.

During Mental Health week the Canadian Mental Health Association encourages all of us to #GetReal about how we really feel.

Visit www.mentalhealthweek.ca for more Mental Health Week information and tools.