May has been Mental Health Awareness month since 1949. The goal has been to increase knowledge about mental health and wellness which can also include celebrations related to recovery.
Health Challenges Facing Women Today
Menopause is experienced by 1 million women yearly in the US with the average age of starting, formally diagnosed being 52, but this could start as early as 45 with premenopausal symptoms up to years before this.
This website does provide some current facts related to women and a tool kit to check out.
Depression is almost double in women compared to men. 1 out of 5 women have mental health issues during pregnancy and/or the first month after delivery. Frequent social media use does often result in girls feeling sad and hopeless when these are compared to girls not using social media as often.
Cancer causes death in 1 of 6 women and women under 50 are 2 times as likely to develop cancer versus men at the same age.
So what can we do??
Women take care of your overall health (mental and physical) and all people are to encourage the women in your life to do so as well.
I am writing this on Mother’s Day which seems fitting when we are talking about women’s whole health.
Women are so much in life and try to do as much as able with career, family, friends, the list keeps going and often neglect themselves due to putting everyone and everything else first.
Remember
What I am asking you all do to is just take care of yourself and each other.
Together we can be happier and healthier. Put down the electronics (young and old) and live your life. Got outside, spend time with others (in person) and just live your life, not watching others live theirs.
We just need to keep showing up for ourselves and each other!
Working toward your best self in 2025 with Evolve Mental Health!!
Tiff
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