Mental Health
Leisure Time

Leisure Time

Sports

Sport helps with your physical health therefore it also improves your mental health. Team sports help you develop your social and teamwork skills. For example, volleyball, football, basketball… 

Clubs

Being part of a club can be an incredible opportunity to meet other people who share your interests and likes. A club shows you how to: work in a group, learn new skills, communicate… And all this can be fun and relaxing, while doing something that you enjoy. Clubs improve your relationships with others. Making friends is a good way to learn things from each other. The most important thing is that you can do the activity and invest your time without feeling like you are wasting it.

Time for yourself

This is the time that you spend alone, but it still needs to be spent actively. You have a variety of activities to do instead of using your phone. If you never make time for yourself, burnout is most likely to come.  

Family

These are the people you spend the majority of time with. You are, who you are, thanks to them. You should work together on these relationships to be healthy.

Social Media

Social Media is a way to spend time which is becoming more and more popular among teens. Spending too much time on social media mostly has a very negative effect on your mental health. Many people post just the perfect moments1 of their lives. And then we feel like we are missing something or not living our life to the fullest. We teens especially tend to believe everything we see there.

Friends

Being with your friends is a good way of spending your time. There are lots of things to do with your friends, such as playing games, going out together, chatting, and more. Your friends are always there for your problems and for your accomplishments. 

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