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Cloud over your head?
Instead of dwelling over negative feelings, allow yourself to connect with them, accept them, experience them, and then let them go.
And if you find yourself struggling, a problem shared is a problem halved, so be sure to reach out for help if needed.
Wishing you all a happy new year with many successes and good health.
Take care and stay healthy 😘
Dr Nora 💉
Drive safe this weekend 🚗
Yawning, heavy eyes, fuzzy vision and day dreaming are all warning signs of tiredness. ⚠️
Dinking coffee, opening the windows or turning up the radio are all temporary fixes. If you’re on a long journey and you feel tired stop. Take a break. Sleep.
Let’s make Queensland’s roads safer together. 🚘
Take care and stay healthy 😘
Dr Nora 💉
Summer Dreaming ☀️ With autumn settling in, long summer nights are soon to be replaced with rain and summer holiday getaways are soon to be forgotten with the cooler climates.
This can, for a number of Australians lead to a condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), whereby, some people experience symptoms of low mood, lack of energy, sleeping excessively or feeling tired all the time.
If you or someone you know are affected, help is out there in the form of light therapy, psychological therapies or in other cases medication. For more information be sure to pop by for a consult.
Take care and stay healthy 😘
Dr Nora 💉
Mental Health Week 🧠
1 in 5 Australians between the ages of 16-85 will experience a mental disorder in any year. The most common mental illnesses include depression, anxiety and substance misuse. Mental health not only affects adults but it also affects our youth of today.
Being a GP, mental health covers over half of my consults in any given day and the commonest feeling? Feeling alone and isolated.
We are so fortunate that mental health is no longer ‘taboo’ and there is so much help out there from support groups to psychologists and medication. The hardest step is recognising the need to ask for help. This mental health week, I am encouraging those of you who may be affected and haven’t made a connection for help to make a brave step forward. You’re not alone and I’d love to help you on your journey back to good health.
Take care and stay healthy 😘
Dr Nora 💉
Help Lines
☎️ Lifeline 13 11 14
☎️ Beyondblue 1300 224636
☎️ Headspace 1800 650 890
💻 headtohealth.gov.au
With the weather looking brighter and the days getting longer, what better way to use the weekend than by catching up with friends in the outdoors. Two thirds of us spend, on average, 100 minutes on social media every day. 🤳👩💻 So this weekend, I’m prescribing your eyes a rest from your cell phones and computers and urging you to get outdoors and observe the natural beauty that surrounds us.
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend. 💃
Take care and stay healthy 😘
Dr Nora 💉
