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Grammar and Linguistics > Need help with "mental health day"
Need help with "mental health day"
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Tere-arg
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Need help with "mental health day"
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Hi. Could anyone tell me if it is correct to say "mental health day"?
If so, what does it mean exactly ? Taking a day off just to release stress?
I had never heard of the expression before.
I�ve searched for info on the net, but ... have not found much.
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12 Jul 2013
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cunliffe
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There �s a day for almost everything nowadays! I haven �t heard of this one, but it makes perfect sense. It would be a day when we are made aware of, or think about, or do activities around mental health. Avoiding stress, combatting depression, understanding bipolar syndrome etc.
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12 Jul 2013
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yanogator
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It �s not an official term, sort of a joke. And you �re right that it �s a day that you take off to maintain your sanity. Bruce |
12 Jul 2013
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Tere-arg
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THANKS so much to all of you!!! 
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12 Jul 2013
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Apodo
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That phrase is heard and used quite often here. You don �t have to be suffering from any real mental illness, but as Bruce said , it �s a day off work that helps maintain sanity. And we all need that sometimes.
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12 Jul 2013
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cunliffe
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...So you are feeling stressed out and you just drive on, straight past the school gates, just keep going till you hit them there hills... Blue sky, the wind on your face... I �m feeling better just holding that image.  |
13 Jul 2013
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Jayho
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@Apodo, I �ve never heard that used here - maybe it �s different on the East Coast |
13 Jul 2013
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joy2bill
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Here on the Gold Coast we use "Mental Health Day" but it �s not really an offical term. It is commonly used in NZ as well. I think I could use one of these days ...hmm, what would the boss say as we are in the middle of tour group season right now! |
14 Jul 2013
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