In 2004, the Ministry of Education, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the Office of the All-China Federation of Students issued an initiative to designate May 25th as the National College Students' Mental Health Day. At this time of the year, major universities across the country hold related theme activities to call people's attention to college students' mental health.
The origin of mental health day
In order to guide college students to pay attention to their mental health, in 2000, the "5.25 National College Students' Mental Health Festival" was held in Beijing Normal University. The Health Festival adopts the homonym of "5.25", which means to care about their psychological growth and health. The theme of the activity is interpersonal communication and mutual assistance among college students, and the slogan is "I love me-get out of the lonely island of mind".
Since then (in 2004), the Ministry of Education, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Office of the National Federation of Students issued an initiative to designate May 25th as the National College Students' Mental Health Day.
"5.25" is the homonym of "I love me", and the promoter's explanation is that only by loving oneself can we love others better. The first standard of mental health is to know yourself, accept yourself, experience the value of your existence, and be optimistic and confident. Only in this way can people get along with others with respect, trust, friendship and tolerance, share, accept, give love and friendship, and work with others.