Stress and your wellbeing: April is Stress Awareness Month

This April, it’s Stress Awareness Month, a chance to recognise how stress affects our lives and #BeTheChange in how we manage it. Stress can show up as feeling overwhelmed, tired, irritable, or having trouble sleeping. While short-term stress is normal, chronic stress can impact both mind and body.

Ways to #BeTheChange for your wellbeing:

• Take a moment to pause and breathe
• Set realistic boundaries at work and home
• Move your body or spend time in nature
• Reach out and talk to someone you trust

Start small, take practical steps, and help build a culture where talking about stress is normal.

Explore our resources about stress to help you understand it and manage it

• Stress
• Exam stress
• Post-traumatic stress (PTSD)
• Work-related stress

Take a moment this April to care for yourself and those around you, every small step counts toward better mental wellbeing.