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A LIFE WELL LIVED

Mental health
Your mental health (how you think, feel and act)
can change over time due to factors like workload, Recipe of the Month
stress and physical health challenges.
Overnight Oatmeal

1 in 5 experience a mental health condition Meal prepped breakfast.
each year. Makes: 4 cups

1 in 20 experience serious mental illness. Ingredients:
1.5 million live with schizophrenia. • 1 cup rolled oats (uncooked, old
7 million live with bipolar disorder. fashioned)
19.4 million live with major depression. • 1 cup yogurt (low-fat)
48 million live with anxiety disorders. • 1 cup milk (nonfat or 1%)
• 1 cup berries (fresh or frozen)

• 1 cup apple (chopped, about 1/3 of a
How to identify mental health struggles medium apple)
Here are some common signs that you
(or someone you know) is struggling with mental Directions:
health challenges: 1. In a medium bowl, mix oats, yogurt
• Feelings of anxiety, depression, irritability, and milk.
restlessness or anger 2. Add the fruit now or add just before
• Trouble sleeping or fatigue eating.
• Change in appetite 3. Cover and refrigerate oatmeal
• Social withdrawal mixture for 6-12 hours. For grab-
and go breakfasts, place scoops of
• Difficulty concentrating mixture in small dishes or spoon
into small containers with lids.
4. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Strategies to help your mental health thrive
1. Find the positive. It is natural to go through a grieving process after the loss of a loved one, a
relationship or a job. Remember the good times and focus on what makes you happy.
2. Create healthy routines. Healthy routines include eating a nutrition-rich diet, exercising and getting
enough sleep. It is okay if your routine is not the same every day. Start with small, healthy changes.
3. Own your feelings. It can be easy to get caught up in emotions as you are feeling them. Taking the
time to identify what you are feeling can help you better cope with challenging situations.
4. Connect with others. Connections help enrich your life and power you through the tough times.
Whether in person or virtually, connect with and lean on your support group.
5. If you have concerns about your mental health contact your health care provider.

Online screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of
a mental health condition. Take an anonymous mental health test:a

Depression: screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools
Anxiety: screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools

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