How do you look after your mental health as winter approaches?

Autumn. Falling foliage, fading light, earthy colours; that tinge of nostalgia for the summer just gone. For many, it’s the most beautiful season.

For others, it’s also tinged with anxiety about the encroaching winter; the long nights, the cold days, not getting out the house as much. And now, of course, concerns about heating homes, keeping the lights on, rising energy bills.

It raises a question: how do you look after your mental health as winter approaches? That’s what we asked Positive News readers ahead of World Mental Health Day – and this is what they had to say.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

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