Not everyone has had any exposure to the concept of mental health, especially if they are not from the Western part of the world. This needs to change. In a world that is moving so fast, we need to pay attention to slow down, and give care to our minds. So, what does mental health mean? So, how do we get it and grow it in others? An essay on mental health –? How We Can Work On Our Mental Health — And Maybe Help Others —

Understand mental health and why it Matters

Mental health is our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It impacts thinking, feeling, acting & response to Stress, relationships, and the scope of choice. If one considers mental illness the linear Weberian way, ere are no mental illnesses; therefore string mental illnesses.

Mental Health Matters

Quality of Life: Better mental health does equal better quality of life. Being mentally healthy enables us to deal with and get the most out of life, enjoy life, and also contribute to our communities’ lives 

The Value of Well-Being

Better quality of life: You attain a better quality of life when you are mentally fit. Now you have simply been enabled to enjoy more. You can also create and maintain human connections.

Physical health: There is a link between physical and mental health. They also lead to several problems like heart diseases, obesity, and other chronic health conditions because of mental disorders.

Productivity: Mental health affects the productivity of an individual in their personal and professional life directly. When you are mentally healthy, that means you can pay attention, be productive, and make decisions.

Recovery from mental health challenges is not a linear path, it is a process. The journey you drive is the ending — Noam Shpancer

You may also like: Mental Health: Myths and Misunderstandings

Despite the growing awareness towards mental health, there are still certain misconceptions associated with it that continue to stop people from discussing their mental health or seeking help for it.

MYTH #1: Mental fitness issues indicate weakness

A massive proportion of those who face mental health issues believe that stepping out and seeking help is a sign of weakness and failure, and that is the need of the hour. The thing is: What most people fail to understand (not entirely anyway) is that it is so incredibly strong to say you are not okay and to reach out for help. Mental health issues can happen to anyone at any stage of life, at least concerning temperament, history, or potential

Myth 2: Mental Disorders Are Not Real

Some claim mental health problems are just a phase; others that the individual just needs to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and overcome it. But mental health stuff is not make-believe — you can’t have a ‘cured by a good day’ — you can’t cure those with happy pills; it’s a very real, debilitating illness that is so, so often prescriptively handled the same as any physical ailment with treatment and care.

Myth 3: You Must Be in Crisis to Seek Therapy

Because therapy is not just for rock stupid impossible crazy. It works for anybody who wants to take better care of their mental health, outside of a struggle, or one looking to gain more self-awareness <- those are my therapy clients. The foundations of resilience and coping mechanisms are laid out in regular therapy sessions.

Ways to Support Mental Health

As a result, although maintaining and improving your good mental health takes intention, focus, and time, you can do it. These are examples of some strategies you can use to assist mental health.

Take Care of Yourself

Self-care identifies the things that promote your physical, emotional, and mental health. It also looks after your mental health.

Regular exercise may help keep depression and anxiety at bay. Exercise, such as walking, running, and yoga, may also be beneficial linked with.

Healthy Eating — perhaps the single biggest impact on how we feel and how patiently we can continue to put up with each other or the husband — a simple mouthful that the maintenance of a healthy fair diet revolves around. And we know that what we intake–including fruits, veggies, whole grains, and protein–impacts how we feel.

Sleep: Adequate, restorative sleep may be the number one requirement for well-being; 7-9 hours is optimal.

Build Strong Relationships

This may have you making relationships with other people in this struggle. The relationships you have to build are:

Social: When you have family and friends who are available and can relate.

How to Be Open and Honest with Experiences: When people ask about your experiences, share your feelings about them. If we have dialogue with one another about how we feel, it removes some of the solitude we live in, and we find answers.

Mindfulness and Stress Relief

By incorporating it into your day-to-day life, you are making a spine of mental health.

Meditate: Find a few minutes in the day to sit in a meditative state to allow the mind to be still and state peace.

So breathing exercises: Directions like the 4-7-8 breathing exercise help you to handle anxiety and return to the relief.

Conclusion

Mental health is something that we should pay attention to. By stressing that importance, busting the myths, and building support for that, we can be better for ourselves and others on this planet. They are the now that we can do mental wellness for mindfulness, or just how we feel.

Give it a Try

Bring down the ghetto door of mental health and pave the path for what humans should start talking about mental health. Start a conversation today. You never know who needs to hear it.

For those still seeking out talk around visible mental health, right along with mental wellness, I’d highly suggest NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) or Mental Health America as a nice recap of low-hanging fruit to digest info!

MIW MEDIA And as always, it’s okay to NOT be okay, and reaching out for help is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength.

So go a bit deeper on the recommended practices, and then never forget to push back to integrate or Spread Your Conversations About Mental Health Into Your Day. Together, we can stop the stigma and have a healthier community!