Things About Anxiety Nobody Talks About
Mental Health Awareness Week
7th - 11th of March
This week St. Brendan's College is promoting positive mental health. There are a number of activities planned that students, staff and parents can participate in.
Friday
Friday was a very busy day in school. Students took part in a cake sales and photos.
Types of Anxiety
Separation Anxiety
Health Anxiety
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Panic Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Body Reaction
Heart rate increases
Breathing speeds up, breathless, choking feeling
Muscles tense, aching, shaking
Hot, Sweating
Lightheaded, Blurred Vision
Butterfies in tummy, urge to go to the toilet
More alert – scanning for danger
Vicious Cycle of Anxiety
Thoughts
Feelings
Behaviours
Strategies for Dealing with Anxiety
Relaxation – breathing, yoga, meditation
Nutrition
Physical Exercise
Changing your ways of thinking
Current problems Vs ‘What if’ problems
Problem-Solving – can I do anything about this?
Looking at avoidance – overcoming avoidance and facing your fears
Medication
Counselling or Psychotherapy - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Thursday
The school hosted the annual Spelling Bee for 1st, 2nd and 5th year students. The first round the students had an opportunity to spell in class. The student who won that round represented their class in the second round. This was held by Ms. Hargan in the demonstration room. There was tough competition from all the students but Guian Belisario from 2nd year won overall.
School Band
The staff and students at St. Brendan's College were treated to the talented school band. 6th year students along with Mr. Black and Mr. McDonald performed a range of songs. On drums was Mark Kenny, Guitar Owen Duffy and Aaron Fegan, bass Ryan Smith and Vocals Conor Knox.
Light Saber
Our past pupil Jim Tuohy returned to school to introduce students to a new sport called Ludosport. It is based on sport such as martial arts and entertainment. Students thoroughly enjoyed begin a Jedi for an afternoon.
Wednesday
On Wednesday, Stefan visited the school to do boxing with the students.
Tuesday
Ms. Hand and Ryan organised the legendary tin foil toss, this time with a twist. Students were challenged to through recycled rubbish into allocated bins.
Karaoke
Lunchtime on Tuesday, some students participated in karaoke. Below are some photos.
Monday
3rd year students had a talk on Mental Health provided by Mental Health First Aid Project Manager, Donal Scalan. He discussed the term 'mental health' and informed the students that is how we feel at any given time: happy, sad, angry, afraid or content.
His top tips were to:
Start a conversation about mental health in your home
'Check in' with yourself - How am I feeling?
Listen to someone who is in need
Monday - Pilates
Niamh Coffey Physiotherapy lead a pilates class for some students. They had an introductory course to pilates. The students enjoyed the sessions but were surprised at how challenging it was. Thank you Niamh for coming in. http://www.niamhcoffeyphysiotherapy.com/
The Cult Calisthenics
Jamie Geraghty from The Cult Calisthenics (www.thecultcalisthenics.com) came into the school to give a demonstration about calisthenics. Students finished their school day and came to the gym to show off their moves. Below are pictures from the afternoon. We are hoping to start this as a weekly event on Wednesday after school. If you are interested, please sign up with Ms. Syron.
Sugar Week
Sugar
and Your Mental Health Week
We
are consuming too many desserts, sweets and processed food. Sugar impacts our mental health:
#1 Risk of Depression
#2 Addiction
#3 Worsen Anxiety Symptoms
#4 Learning and
Memory loss
Thank you to Mr. Bergin for making our display.
Some posters from 1st Year students
'Fun Friday' Sugar
If I drink a 500ml of Coca Cola every day for a year, what would the sugar content amount to?
Winner is Adam Rohlik
 |
| 19.5kg of Sugar |
Teacher's Top Tips - About Stress
Recognise Stress…….
Famous People who suffer from Stress:
Johnny Depp, Keira Knightly, Orlando Bloom Geoffrey Rush.
How to deal …
More info:
http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/stress.htm
Free support networks available to you
Over the past couple of months, St. Brendan's College has faced the loss of two exceptional students: Keelan and Jack.
Students may be struggling to process their emotions at this time. Here is an overview of the grieving process which illustrates the emotions you may experience.
Also you will find links to external sources of support for you and your family.
You have the full support of teachers and staff at St. Brendan's College, if you wish to talk.
Need to Talk?Coping Day to Day from Suicide Aware
If you are trying to cope with the suicide of a loved one, you should try to stay involved with other people and avoid isolation. You could share your experience by joining a support group and this will help you to find ways to manage your feelings when other life events trigger painful memories about the loss you have experienced.
You should try to understand that getting better involves feeling okay some days and worse on other days and you should resist any pressure that's put on you to get over the loss. You must do what's right for you to cope with your loss.
Below are a list of useful websites:
http://www.pieta.ie/
http://console.ie/
http://www.aware.ie/Local support:
Skipathon
Tomorrow in the canteen at lunchtime.
Positive Mental
Health aims to:
- Promote mental health and well-being for all.
- Prevent mental health problems through increasing awareness, social support, reducing risk factors such as racism, bullying and isolation.
- Improving quality of life for students/people with mental health problems by promoting recovery through awareness and education.
Need some help: Talk, Connect and Share
Useful websites:
1. http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/selfhelp.htm
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