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Mental and Emotional Wellbeing

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Our mental well-being affects our ability to do our best at school, maintain healthy relationships and cope with stress or anger.

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Anxiety

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Anxiety is a normal human emotion. However, some people feel worried or anxious so often that it interferes with their day-to-day life. There is a range of services and support available to help when you or someone you know is experiencing anxiety.

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Depression

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Being depressed is more than feeling down for a day or two – it usually continues for weeks or months at a time. Depression can impact on people differently and can include a loss of interest in the things you used to enjoy, lack of motivation and ability to focus. There is a range of services and support available to help when you or someone you know is feeling depressed.

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Grief

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Grief is the acute pain that accompanies loss. Because it is a reflection of what we love, it can feel all-encompassing. Grief is not limited to the loss of people, but when it follows the loss of a loved one, it may be compounded by feelings of guilt and confusion, especially if the relationship was a difficult one. There is a range of services and support available when you or someone you know is experiencing grief and loss.

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Self Harm

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Self-harm is when someone does something to hurt themselves on purpose, like cutting, burning, taking pills, hitting, or picking at themselves or using objects to hurt themselves. It can be a way of coping, managing stress, anxiety, low mood or feeling overwhelmed. There is a range of services and support available to help find alternatives to self-harm.

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Suicide Prevention

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There is a range of skilled services and support available to help keep people well and build resilience, recognise and respond to distress, address risk factors associated with suicide, and empower families, whānau/aiga and communities to support each other.

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Worried about Someone?

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Even if you are close to someone, it can sometimes be hard to tell how much emotional pain they are in and whether they need help; and it can be equally as hard recognising it in yourself. Often, it’s something small that can make you think something isn’t quite right – often that hunch will be right. You might see it in yourself or in someone else, or someone could see it in you. There is a range of services and support available to help when you are worried about someone else or yourself.

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