Short messages on Mental health, stress and anxiety issues from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
If it’s cold, wet and dark outside, make your home cosy, warm and inviting inside. Light up your rooms with fairy lights and warm lighting, and change into soft, comfortable, warm clothing.
Cold rainy weather can make people feel down. You can change your outlook: rain cleanses pollution particles from the air, waters all the flowers in your garden and can be fun to play in.
Notice the way others speak around you. Sometimes our peers contribute to the way we talk to ourselves. Surround yourself with people who encourage you and who have the same outlook you wish to attain.
If you need to talk to someone about child sexual abuse, call ChildLine (0800 1111) if you are under 18 or NSPCC (0808 800 5000) otherwise. If someone is in immediate danger, call the police on 999.
Children who have been sexually abused may feel many emotions: dissociation, confusion, fear, guilt, and shame. Sexual abusers often shift blame for the abuse to the child, making them believe the abuse was their fault.
Make a list of the positive ways you wish to think, including goals and proactive steps to achieving them. Use the list to shift your inner dialogue and remember what you are working towards.
Start changing your Self Talk in small ways. Trying to change it all at once can be overwhelming, so break it down into phases to make the process easier.
Don’t be afraid to get back up – to try again, to love again, to live again, and to dream again. Don’t let a hard lesson harden your heart.
Don’t take things too personally, even if it seems personal. People rarely do things because of you. They do things because of them.
Those who complain the most, accomplish the least. It’s always better to attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.