The complete list of all life-guiding messages for young people – click the titles for further information
Depression is a natural consequence of grief, but can leave you powerless to cope with your feelings. Extreme depression robs you of motivation and energy, causing you to dwell upon your sorrow.
Guilt may occur if you feel responsible for your pet’s death. It is pointless and often incorrect to burden yourself with guilt for why your pet died, and makes it more difficult to resolve your grief.
More than 80% of second-hand smoke is invisible and odourless, so no matter how careful you think you’re being, your family still breathes in harmful poisons, putting them at risk of meningitis, cancer, bronchitis and pneumonia.
Second-hand smoke is the smoke exhaled by you, plus the smoke created by the lit end of a cigarette. People who breathe in second-hand smoke are at risk of the same diseases as smokers.
Your natural human fears of failure and embarrassment will sometimes stop you from trying new things. Rising above these fears enables you to make unique experiences part of your life.
You can collect your luggage much more quickly when travelling if you make it distinctive from everyone else’s. Tie a set of coloured ribbons on the handle so they’re always visible.
For some, grief is cyclical, coming in waves, or a series of highs and lows. The lows are likely to be deeper and longer at the beginning and then gradually become shorter and less intense as time goes by.
Some people find grief comes in stages, where they experience different feelings such as denial, anger, guilt, depression, and eventually acceptance and resolution.
Flu usually comes on much more quickly than a cold, and symptoms include: sudden fever of 38-40C, muscle aches and pains, sweating, feeling exhausted and needing to lie down, a dry chesty cough.
Colds and flu share some of the same symptoms. Colds cause more nasal problems, such as blocked nose, than flu. Fever, fatigue and muscle aches are more likely and more severe with flu.