Life hits hard. And when it knocks you down, getting back up can be even harder. So writer Beth McColl made a list of “baby steps” people who struggle with mental health can take in order to get back on their feet.
“Try to pick a few and do them, but if you can’t, that’s valid too,” she tweeted sharing the tips.
Even though the thread is a few years old, its content is timeless. With everything that’s going on in the world, we need to find time for ourselves more than ever. According to Mental Health America, even before COVID-19, the prevalence of mental illness among adults was increasing. In 2017-2018, 19% of adults experienced a mental illness, an increase of 1.5 million people over last year’s dataset.
Throughout 2020, the number of people screening with moderate to severe symptoms of depression and anxiety continued to increase and remains higher than rates prior to COVID-19.
So let’s revisit McColl’s thread. It’s worth it even if it helps just one person.
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Here’s what people said about the list after it went viral
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