World Mental Health Day 2025

 

On Mental Health Day, Nelson’s Journey is encouraging everyone to take a moment to reflect on how they feel and how they can look after their own mental health.

 

After a bereavement, it is important to look after yourself and your mental health. If you are supporting a young person who is bereaved, looking after how you are feeling will ensure you are in the best position to help them.

 

‘You can’t pour from an empty cup’ is a phase we often hear, and when you are supporting a bereaved child or young person, this is important to keep in mind.

 

Self-care is the conscious effort of making time for activities that encourage maintaining your own mental and physical health.

 

When you make time for self-care, you are actively ‘filling up your cup,’ giving you more energy to do the things you love, with the people you love. It is helpful to consider how full your cup is, as a measure of whether your personal needs are fulfilled and how happy you are.

 

These things which fill your cup are different for everyone, and on World Mental Health Day, Nelson’s Journey is encouraging you to reflect on what these small activities you can do are, to improve your wellbeing.