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A nonprofit mental health group in association with WHO & UNDP. Mental well-being experts providing help & support for the people of Bahrain.

For individuals, supporting themselves, their family & friends & also employers supporting their employees. Welcome to Umatter, a nonprofit mental health group in association with WHO & UNDP helping the people of Bahrain with mental well-being. We provide knowledge, resources, tools, life skills and coping strategies for individuals, in support of themselves or for those helping their family and friends. We also support business communities to safeguard the wellness and effectiveness of employers and employees. Taking action now will help to protect the trade, commerce and industry of the Kingdom, while helping to minimize any economic downturn effects & encourage 'bounce back', restoration & accelerated growth.

11/02/2021

📱 I have anxiety 😥 should I see a therapist⁉️we received this questions from a number of people.

“Anxiety is a reaction to a situation we perceive as stressful or dangerous,”

While a little anxiety can also help you to perform at an optimal level under stress, giving you a burst of adrenaline and hyper-focus to finish a business proposal before deadline or nail that dance number at a performance, living in a constant heightened state of anxiety can be distracting at best and debilitating at worst.

When anxious thoughts are interfering with your life and causing you significant distress, that isn’t something you should just chalk up to nerves and push through. That’s something you can get help with.

Let’s put it this way. 👇🏽

If anxiety interferes with your daily life—whatever that might look like to you—that's reason enough to see a mental health professional.

06/02/2021

Seeking a relationship, but fearing you get hurt in the process ⁉️

Hardly a day goes by without hearing or thinking about these “walls” we put up in life and relationships. We unconsciously try to protect ourselves from getting hurt in life, but sometimes in doing this, we end up keeping out a lot of good stuff instead — and we still get hurt, too. 🙁

Here are some reasons why you should try wearing your heart on your sleeve, no matter how risky a move it might be. 👇🏽

1. PEOPLE WILL GET TO KNOW THE REAL YOU.

2. YOUR LIFE WILL OPEN UP IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

3. YOU SHOW YOUR AFFECTION.

4. YOU’LL KNOW FASTER WHO IS AROUND FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

5. LESS DRAMA

6. THE WRONG THINGS WON’T WORK OUT NO MATTER WHAT.

So try to show your feelings and emotions smartly rather than keeping them hidden. 💜💜💜💜

03/02/2021

👉🏽 Positive affect can be developed and cultivated. While affectivity is somewhat inborn, meaning that some people are simply born with a greater propensity for being in a good mood as part of their personality, there are many things you can do to get into the habit if experiencing positive affect more often in your life, and making your good moods even better.

Here are some of the things you can do to increase your experience of positive affect. 👇🏽💕

✅ Engage in Hobbies
✅ Exercise—And Make It Fun
✅ Indulge in Life’s Pleasures
✅ Maintain a Gratitude Journal
✅ Practice Loving-Kindness
✅ Remember and Savor Positive Experiences

31/01/2021

👉🏽When we get hurt, physically or mentally, feel anxious, or depressed, we all hope to feel better. We seek feeling better by learning how to make ourselves heal and relieve anxieties, in both immediate and long term ways. In other words, we self soothe. 💜

🙋🏾‍♂️Learning how to develop ways to relieve stress and anxiety throughout life is an important skill to have; especially learning how to create positive-seeking and healthy self care habits. Good techniques for coping with stress are ones that appeal to the five senses:

✅Touch
1️⃣Taking a warm bubble bath filled with Epsom salt to help relax any muscular tension
2️⃣Getting a massage

✅Taste
1️⃣Drinking a cup of hot herbal tea to help relax
2️⃣Chewing gum or sucking on a piece of hard candy

✅Smell
1️⃣Aromatherapy and the use of essential oils
2️⃣Lighting candles

✅Sight
1️⃣Distracting yourself with your favorite comedy movie or television show
2️⃣Laying in a field and watching the clouds pass by

✅Sound
1️⃣Listening to your favorite music
2️⃣Using a sound machine during periods of rest and sleep

By seeking methods that can alter your senses, you can begin to calm your nervous system. Furthermore, this can begin to change your mindset and bring you peace by harmonizing your thoughts and emotions.

29/01/2021

Umattergroup wishes happy birthday to his majesty king Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa🎊

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24/01/2021

👉🏽I try to cover my anxiety so that nobody sees me weak 😞

Sally reached out to Umatter to share her story with the whole world.

👧 “Very often I feel weak, I feel empty, and numb.

It was around one year ago when I suffered panic attacks. I was feeling sick, not wanting to go into work. I had depression as well; I didn’t even want to get out of bed, I just wanted to hide. I work in a company full of people and I felt like I just want to hide from everyone and be in my own bubble.

I wear my makeup every morning imagining that it’s going to help me hide my struggle and pain so that nobody sees me weak and feels am not able to do my job.

One of my worst anxiety symptoms is dizziness. I get it constantly, even when I don’t feel particularly anxious. I felt terribly dizzy before I left my house, but fought through it and made it to my work.

Usually, when struggling with anxiety, I keep my mouth shut. I push through it, not wanting to mention to whoever is with me at the time how I feel, worried about ruining their time, or making them feel awkward. But last month during a business meeting I couldn’t. I needed to lie down. I needed to shut down and let this pass. I was on the edge of a full-blown panic attack and was terrified.

I sat on the floor curled up in a ball, my legs barely functioning. Till my colleagues pulled me up and gave me some water, assuming I could be ill.

When I collected myself and managed to give any excuse to leave work and head home, I realised no matter what people will think of me, I must seek help.

This is where I came across Umatter and felt like it was a message from god that tells me I must do something about my anxiety and panic attacks.

I am now seeing a therapist recommended by Umatter. I am forever grateful to you guys 🙏💜.”

👉🏽 - Even if you leave anxiety alone for too long or try to mask it, it won’t leave you alone. It’s time to deal with it.

18/01/2021

👉🏽If a friend was upset, you wouldn’t want them to beat themselves up over it. You may have advice that you know they find helpful - or sometimes all they need is a hug.

The same applies when you are upset. You may feel you are judging your emotions, leading to you piling up more difficult feelings. Or you may just feel sad. Perhaps you want comfort, and don’t really know where to find it or how to ask for it. Sometimes it might be hard to know what you need!

🤝Acknowledge that you created them to fulfill a need. Now you are finding new, positive ways to fulfill those needs. So lovingly release the old negative patterns.💜

16/01/2021

👉🏽 Sleep deprivation can affect your mental health.

Sleep and mental health are closely connected. Sleep deprivation affects your psychological state and mental health.

In some respects, the treatment recommended for the most common sleep problem, insomnia, is the same for all patients, regardless of whether they also suffer from psychiatric disorders. The fundamentals are a combination of lifestyle changes, behavioral strategies, psychotherapy, and drugs if necessary.

We are proud to be part of the work of a group of renowned social media influencers, creative media groups and subject matter experts on sleep deprivation awareness.

14/01/2021

👋 Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts. It's a dreadful way to live.

Find a mental image that gives you pleasure, and immediately switch your scary thought to a pleasure thought.

11/01/2021

🙋‍♀️ we are almost always somewhere else: reliving the past or worrying about the future.

We all have happy memories that we enjoy revising and painful ones that we can’t let go. Both can be traps, hindering us from new experiences and keeping us locked in unresolved past or good old days.

👉🏽Try to be here and now for most of the time - practicing presence can help reduce anxiety and worries.

#كوتشينج

08/01/2021

🙋‍♀️ Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. Be patient with yourself as you learn the new ways of thinking.

💗Treat yourself as you would someone you really loved.

06/01/2021

🤷‍♀️ Forced change can make us consider alternatives we would otherwise never have imagined. Sometimes problems can become our pathfinders! An obstacle can present a different way forward that leads to a new and surprising experience or life. Follow us as we explore and discuss the current mindset stemming from the global pandemic, ‘Mind-emic’.

Umatter is a nonprofit mental health group in association with WHO & UNDP. Mental well-being experts providing help & support for the people of Bahrain.

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