Mental Health Awareness Week!
It’s Mental Health Awareness week and Aglet is partnering with AIM Youth Mental Health to support their mission! Starting on 14 May (LA) AIM and Positive Industries will be taking over our normally scheduled weekly drops, and a portion of the proceeds from this drop will go to AIM Youth Mental Health. There are links to positive player stories and helpful resources down below. Be good to one another. 💜
Read the Aglet Weekly Update for a full breakdown of the week’s events!
Positive Stories from the Players
We asked the players to share some positive stories about their time playing Aglet. We’d love to hear your positive stories too!
- Aglet showed me new places in my city if have never been before. And Aglet helped me through the pandemic when everything was closed, Aglet was there. I had a goal and was outside, trying to keep mentally strong.
- Made me walk more.
- It has helped to get out of the house more!
- i used to always play games all day and lose my life slowly and slowly once i got ahold of aglet i flipped my life around, i started getting out, using my computer less and i’ve gotten better at talking to people and interacting when going out. and also i’ve gotten better at drawing thanks to the aglet community.
- I have enjoyed walking with Aglet which makes me happy physically and mentally!!!!
- 毎日歩くようになった (I started walking every day.)
- I used to be super overweight and then I found Aglet and started to walk more and more and now I am in shape!!!
- I am thinking more walk that I started this app
- My wife and I, who don’t usually go for walks, started taking walks together as a couple through Aglet. Became good friends.
- aglet made my mind and body healthy from corona. I was very active, so I enjoyed sports such as baseball and swimming, but due to Corona, I couldn’t do all sports and refrained from outside activities for the sake of my three children. However, since May of last year, I got to know aglet, and I have been walking little by little and having fun, and I have been doing it until now. I fell in love with it more and more and will continue to accompany you in the future. I always support you.
Resources
AIM Youth Mental Health
AIM and Aglet want you to know that you are not alone. If you want to speak with someone, you can find a list of resources on AIM’s website.
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This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re prescribing moving. Read all about the connection between activity and good mental health in this article By Meadowlark Monaghan, AIM Youth Advisory Board Member:
Rewarding Yourself For Moving Strengthens Your Mind-Body Connection
Mental Health Action Day
Mental Health Action Day was founded to shift our mental health culture from awareness to action!
This movement is powered by a growing coalition of more than 1750 nonprofits, brands, government agencies, and influential leaders from more than 32 countries that spread the message that, just like our physical health, we can take actions to improve our mental health.
In 2023, we’ll do even more together to drive our culture from awareness to action on mental health.
