What is Unwind Your Mind?
The Unwind Your Mind blog is a common sense approach of tackling mental health, by bringing the focus back to mental wellness and away from mental illness. So instead of talking about the things that make you feel bad, we focus on what makes you feel good. To do this we encourage people to do something every day that helps them unwind their mind.
We all know how important it is to look after our physical health, but we don’t always give our minds the same level of attention.
We want to change this.
We’ve all heard about the 5-a-day for our bodies, but what would happen if we gave our minds the same care and attention? Think of how good we would feel if we took time to do something everyday which makes us feel good.
Imagine if we were to have a 5-a-day for our mental health….
So, we’ve decided to put it to the test, and so far you’ve told us that you love the idea. So instead of wondering why you might be feeling bad, how about taking the time to do something to make yourself feel good.
There is such a stigma associated with talking about mental health, but we hope that our Unwind Your Mind project can help change this by creating a positive attitude around mental health.
We also want you to send us your five things to do to unwind your mind either by emailing us on unwindyourmind1@gmail.com , or on our Facebook page.Check out our blog for more tips 
The social networking sites or the blog are not meant to give professional advice on mental wellbeing, but instead is a collection of practical tips which other young people have found to help them ‘unwind their mind’
Just lookin for chat I suffer from panic attacks any help wud be greatest
Hi Laura. Sorry for only getting back to you now. Panic attacks are awful and can be a really scary experience. You can find out more info on http://ie.reachout.com/inform-yourself/anxiety-panic-and-shyness/panic-attacks/
I hope this helps
Walking helps me to destress and blow the cobwebs away. Especially walking with my two dogs on quiet country roads or by the sea.
Guided meditation may help-it did me. Where an experienced meditator guides you through images to help you relax and focus. I’m not good at pure meditation but am getting better at listening to others and it helps me a lot. It’s very relaxing being on a desert island, paddling my canoe or climbing waterfalls in a tropical rain forest!
How do I switch off my mind?
I have heard about meditation and breathing but I just can’t motivate myself to do that, any practical tips among any of you?
Hi bells, If you check our breathing techniques it might help to follow it by step by step. I think you willfind that it helps if you put your favourite music on at the same time. Hope it helps.