Do women need to start putting themselves before others?
The caring and motherly nature of women and the fact they often look after everybody else can often mean they are putting their own mental health at risk, reports The Guardian.
Talking therapies have become highly fashionable over the past couple of years, yet our attitudes towards emotional health are still low on our list of priorities. A healthy work life balance is difficult to achieve and pressures on women to have careers, families and relationships can mount up. Although we think we may be more willing to seek help, 46% of women who participated in the ICM survey said they wouldn’t talk about having counselling openly, showing there is a clear stigma still attached to mental heath problems.
Recent reports show that anxiety disorders have increased by 13% in the past 15 years and common issues that cause this are divorce, bereavement, work-related stress, financial insecurity, scare stories in the media, managing the work-life balance and choosing a career or family, all showing that women’s emotional health is as important today as it ever has been.
