Preparation involves ensuring a warm wardrobe and stocked pantry. The speaker maintains consistent health practices and stresses the significance of supporting mental health during the holiday season, underscoring a need for accessible mental health resources for community well-being.
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Do you find yourself preparing physically or mentally for the colder months ahead and what does that look like for you? It's making, for me, that is making sure that I, that my wardrobe is full of warm clothes, clothing, making sure that I have enough, have enough food in the house for the family. Nobody usually comes to my house, so it's pretty quiet, but I do accept my daughter's friends because they love my cooking. And they never realized I never use salt in my food. So for me, it's just a matter of staying on track with my recipes and making sure that the house is together, making sure that the refrigerator is always fully stocked and that everybody has what they need. I'm constantly cooking. So it is, you know, it's for me, just a matter of making sure that the house is prepared. Excellent. And are there any changes in how you care for yourself or engage with health services during the fall? I mean, checkups, vaccinations, changes in habits? No, not really. I'm pretty consistent with my health all year round. Okay, excellent. And what kind of support or guidance would be helpful from healthcare professionals in the fall? Think practical, emotional or seasonal planning. Seasonal planning. The one thing that I found is that a lot, there is a lot of depression. And people who the holidays are not a good. It's just not a good time of the year for them. There's a lot more suicide. So, mental health needs to really be paid close attention to people need something. They, it needs to be some way to get out to just not just the mental health patients but everyone because there are patients who you don't know that you don't know have a mental health issue or dealing with any type of crisis. So that needs to be encouraged during that time of year to making sure more engaging with patients, with the community, just the community overall, to say, hey, you know, we have these services, we have this, there's this here, there's that there. all these resources for you so you don't never feel like you're alone.
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