Mental Health Awareness Month 2014 – please like and share to show your support


Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month

This month is Mental Health Awareness Month. The theme this year is anxiety

For more information of the month please go to the web site of the Mental Health Foundation

In the meantime it would be great if you could like and share the image we have created for the month.


Anxiety – what are the signs and symptoms of anxiety?


Anxiety is a term which covers a variety of linked medical disorders.

anxiety

anxiety

Over the next few months we will explore them all in more detail.  But in the first instance we would just like to mention a few of the early signs and symptoms of anxiety.

a)      Dry mouth

b)      Irrational worrying

c)       Fast heart rate

d)      Nausea

e)      Feeling of panic

f)       Inability to relax or calm down

g)      Emotionally upset of distressed

h)      Sweating

i)        Trembling and shaking

 


If you are at all concerned that you may be suffering from anxiety it is important that you contact a medical practitioner as soon as possible.  It does not mean you suffer from anxiety but you should get it checked out.