{"id":197,"date":"2025-04-17T04:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2025-04-26T03:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T03:05:25","slug":"mental-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Mental health is a very important part of one&#8217;s overall well-being, influences how we think, how you feel, our actions, and interact with the world and people around us. It affects every aspect of our lives, from our relationships (both platonic and romantic), our education, to how we handle stress and making our daily decisions. Prioritizing mental health isn&#8217;t just about responding to challenges that we face in life, but it&#8217;s also about fostering resilience, self-awareness, and emotional balance. Everyone should prioritize their mental health similar to how they prioritize their physical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Young adults face unique pressures that can range from our studies, the demands our jobs have, taking care of others, etc. and juggling all of these responsibilities can be a lot and very stressful. While also seeing others life&#8217;s through social media comparing your life to others and it having a big influence on you.  While digital platforms can connect us to new people, inspire creativity, and provide support in ways we have never experienced before. They also cause frequent issues of anxiety, comparison, depression, and cyberbullying. Recognizing these challenges and finding balance is very important. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38685\/2025\/04\/Text-Me-Back-Waiting-For-You-GIF-by-Kudaberi.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38685\/2025\/04\/Text-Me-Back-Waiting-For-You-GIF-by-Kudaberi.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282\" style=\"width:218px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">This section of my website is dedicated to giving information, tools, and resources to help navigate the complexities of mental health. Whether it&#8217;s looking for self-care strategies, advice from a doctor or professional, or ways to build healthier habits. I hope that this will help to encourage you, and in a way, support you on your journey to a happier and healthier mindset:)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Seeking help and prioritizing your well-being is a great step toward thriving. You\u2019re never alone on this path never be afraid to ask for help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stop the Stigma: Why it&#039;s important to talk about Mental Health | Heather Sarkis | TEDxGainesville\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gy1iH_Gxn0Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Data:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you think your mental health is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-flourish wp-block-embed-flourish\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/22713683\/embed#?secret=zIUWxARSww\" data-secret=\"zIUWxARSww\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"575\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mental Health Help-<\/span><\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\">https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline&nbsp;1-800-273-TALK(8255)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health is a very important part of one&#8217;s overall well-being, influences how we think,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30645,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/rudden-madison-307t\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}