May 7; Youth Mental First Aid

From Panhandle Public Health District

Join us on May 7th from 9 am to 3 pm for Youth Mental Health First Aid! Two hours of pre-work is required before attending the training.

Please register for this virtual workshop at http://tinyurl.com/2tpwffu9.

Contact Nicole at nberosek@pphd.ne.gov for more information.

In the high-pressure, high-stress environment that many leaders live in today, feeling overwhelmed is all too common. According to a 2022 Harris Poll commissioned by the American Psychological Association,1 33% of respondents reported feeling overwhelmed in the previous month.

Leaders experiencing overwhelm often report feeling out of control, incapable, and hopeless because…

• They have too much work, responsibility, or pressure…
• And not enough time, resources, or energy to get everything done.

Neuroscience shows that the nervous system can interpret such stress as a threat, leading to a fight-or-flight reaction. When that occurs, the amygdala (the area of the brain responsible for threat response and emotional processing) can hijack the brain and shut down important cognitive functions in the prefrontal cortex. Hormones related to fight or flight are released and, at the same time, the brain’s ability to plan, make decisions, access the working memory, and think rationally becomes impaired. That explains why it is so hard to get things done when you feel overwhelmed and why it is so difficult to ‘think’ your way out of overwhelm. https://pphd.crediblemind.com/