Mental Health Month begins on Friday, May 1. Look for additional information throughout May about the benefits and resources we offer to support King County employees’ mental health and well-being.

Many people feel stretched by the pace of work, family responsibilities, and the uncertainty happening in the world right now. According to King County Employee Assistance Program Manager and counselor Miguel Messina, it makes sense that current stressors feel heavy on their own. For some people, those stressors can also stir up older experiences that were never fully resolved.

“If you’re feeling stressed out, snappy toward people, or like your emotions are harder to control, that may be connected to the accumulation of trauma from your past being activated by what’s happening now,” Miguel explains. Read more.