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Sep 20, 2023 · Without your contributions, we wouldn't have the resources to challenge those in power. Suppressing negative thoughts might be good for your mental health after all, a new study suggests. The ...
Jan 15, 2019 · Awareness of mental health issues is growing thankfully and more people are asking for help. The big problems like PTSD, bipolar disorder or ADHD grab the headlines, but it’s good old-fashioned stress that is most widespread. The pressure of work, family problems, bereavement, finding sufficient work all add up to a pretty unhealthy atmosphere.
Stiff upper lip. A person who is said to have a stiff upper lip displays fortitude and stoicism in the face of adversity, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression of emotion. [1][2] The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom "keep a stiff upper lip", and has traditionally been used to describe an attribute of British ...
Oct 3, 2024 · A new survey into British mental health has found that less than a quarter of people believe the British "stiff upper lip" attitude is dying out — and it's still threatening the mental health of ...
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Nov 2, 2020 · “The stiff upper lip was historically an upper class, public school, university and then military concept,” said Dixon, “a brutal, spartan way of not showing your feelings and ruling the ...
The key thing to recognise is that our emotions are not enemy forces to be suppressed or whipped into shape, as the longstanding ‘stiff upper lip’ approach would have us believe. Rather, they are entirely natural responses – like a second immune system protecting us and helping us to understand and interpret the world around us.
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Jan 13, 2020 · Older people encouraged to ditch “stiff upper lip” approach to mental ill health. NHS England and Age UK have joined forces in a campaign to encourage older people to access treatment for mental health conditions, as new analysis shows a majority of older people do not seek help. New data reveals that more than six in 10 people in the UK ...
