LIFEHACKS
for looking after your mental health
**LOOK OUT FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA LIFEHACKS LAUNCHING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 2026**
'We’re a group of young people who have spent time together talking about mental health and how it affects us. We’ve been thinking about how to help ourselves manage our mental health and how to help our friends when they’re struggling too. So we’ve come up with a set of LifeHacks to help you and your friends to keep mentally healthy!
After all, Mental Health is something you DO, not something you HAVE. We want to help you and your friends take action for positive mental health.'
Here is the: LIFEHACK Poster.pdf
LifeHacks Resources
LifeHacks for supporting your mental health:
Little Book of Mental Health LifeHacks
The LifeHacks - Looking after yourself.pdf is packed with ideas and links to support your own mental health and includes true stories from people who’ve tried them out. This booklet has all the details and is great to share with others who need it.
'These life hacks have made a positive difference to my wellbeing. When I feel low in mood its easy for me to forget the simple steps I can take to look after myself, glancing at the life hacks reminds me of a plan to move forward.'
Somerset Young Person
LifeHacks for supporting a friend's mental health:
Little Book of Mental Health LifeHacks to support a friend
The LifeHacks - Looking after a friend.pdf is packed with ideas and links to support your friend's mental health and includes true stories from friends who’ve tried them out. This booklet has all the details and is great to share with others who need it.
To help get the message out about this great resource, we’ve made these helpful A3 posters and a handy postcard version too.
'An important thing I forget to do when supporting a friend is to do fun things with them and not simply discuss mental health. From spending time with my friend and not just talking has meant that our friendship has grown stronger and both of us feel happier.'
Somerset Young person
LifeHacks for mental wellbeing Covid-19:
Tips written to support young people during the coronavirus pandemic
We believe that mental health is something we do, not something we have. It’s about doing things that help keep us well and happy, or that help us feel better when things are tough. Well, with Covid-19 things are pretty tough, so we reworked the Lifehacks for life under a global pandemic.
To download a poster of mental wellbeing lifehacks for coping with Covid-19: CLICK: HERE
We would like to thank Somerset Public Health, The Unstoppables, Somerset Youth Parliament, Somerset CAMHS Participation Group, 2BU, Frome College, Bishop Fox's school and Somerset Leaving Care Team for all their contributions in support of this work.
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