LAFAYETTE, La. — Over the last couple of months, KATC has shared stories from all over Acadiana that highlight the effects that storms have on the environment, neighbors' homes and entire communities.
According to mental health clinician Shelly Daigle at The Family Tree, storms can also affect your mental well-being.
With the hurricane season quickly approaching, Daigle has a few tips on how to help relieve some of that storm-related stress that may come up.
"You can't control the weather, right?" Daigle said. "...and so paying attention to those aspects of weather-related incidents that you can control."
Here are a few of the tips she shared:
- Create a hurricane box
- Think about evacuation plans
- Pay attention to the news
- Set news alerts on your phone
- Try to stick to routines
- Acknowledge your feelings
- If your feelings begin to impact your daily functioning, talk to someone
