The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October yearly.
The theme of 2022’s World Mental Health Day, set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is ‘Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority’.
For over 70 years, The Mental Health Foundation has been working to ensure that mental health is treated on a par with physical health. They say, “Mental health problems exist in our lives, families, workplaces, and communities, impacting everyone. We must do as much as possible to prevent mental ill-health – as individuals and as a society. We will continue to call on national and local governments to prioritise reducing the factors known to pose a risk to people’s mental health, enhancing those known to protect it and creating the conditions needed for people to thrive”.
World Mental Health Day is a fantastic opportunity to talk openly about mental health in general, how we are feeling and how sharing a problem can help spread the burden that some of us feel.
It’s great to see more schools and colleges recognising this day as this provides a vehicle to have more conversations.
We would love to know how Pilates impacts or helps your mental health.
