As another lockdown sets upon us, we consider the impact the last year has had on children’s mental health, and describe how AcuPips Ear Seeds can help to calm the mind.
Mental health has always been an important topic, but up until recently has had a negative connotation attached to it - a taboo subject, like it was seen as failure to suffer mentally. There has always been much talk around physical health, and how to be healthy in the body, but never a focus on mental health and how to stay healthy in the mind.
Until recently.
The barriers to mental health seem to have been broken down in the last 12 months, and with more people than ever struggling to cope, it seems that we are finally sitting up and listening. Never before has mental health been such a prevalent topic, and never before has it been acceptable to say, “I am not ok.â€
Covid has brought upon us a change in attitude towards mental health, and it seems that children more than ever are the focus of this.
Yet another lockdown with school closures for the foreseeable future once again creates uncertainty and havoc in young lives.
Pre-Covid it was considered that 1 in 10 children in the UK suffered from some sort of mental health issue, notably depression and anxiety, all as a direct result of what their experiences of life were. That figure has risen exponentially in the last year.
I know my eight year old daughter has suffered hugely, not only with the worry that Covid brings but also with the uncertainty of schooling and closure of extra-curricular activities.
She came to me this morning and asked, “Mummy, is it good news or bad news?â€
What she meant by this is, “Am I going to school today or has it been shut down again?â€
I answered her question truthfully, there was no school again until at least February half term and possibly beyond. Her little face crumpled, so excited was she to get back into the classroom and see her friends after the Christmas break.
My daughter knows I am an Acupuncturist, she’s seen me treat people and she’s fascinated with my AcuPips Ear Seeds. When she’s feeling low, she simply asks me to put them in her ears. I’ve asked her to describe the feeling the AcuPips Ear Seeds bring, when she pushes them. She said, “I kind of feel normal but when I get a worry feeling in me, I push them and the worry goes away.†She’s wearing them today.
Testimony indeed to how powerful these little AcuPips Ear Seeds can be.