What, why, and how of mental health?

Mental health encompasses emotional psychological and social well-being. It affects our way of thinking, feeling, and how we act to situations or external stimuli.

Mental health can also affect our relation’s daily well-being and physical health in various manners.

Definition of Mental Health:  According to the World Health Organisation, It is more than just the absence of any disorder or disability. This definition covers all the aspects of human and environmental interaction that is, ongoing Wellness/ happiness/ engaging with the community or society.

Characteristics of a mentally healthy person:

•  He/She/They/Them feel comfortable, reasonably secure, and adequate.
•  Never underestimate your own abilities.
•  Feels right towards others.
•  Able to put interest in others, love them, like them, and trust them.
• Feels at peace with the offerings of life. 
• Not overblown by emotions of fear, anger, and love.

Signals of poor mental health:

• Always worrying. 
• Unable to concentrate due to unknown reasons.
• Continually unhappy without any reason. lose temper more often and easily. 
• Regular insomnia unusual fluctuations in mood.
• Continually dislikes people.
• Upset with daily routine life.
• Afraid without any cause. 
• Unexplained aches and pain.
• Hopelessness.
• Smoking, drinking, and taking drugs more than usual.
• Yelling, fighting,low-energy numbness. Hearing unusual voices and believing things.

Why mental health is important mental health is important?

It is an integrated part of our body and life.it affects our thought process, decision making, behavior, and emotional well- being.

Being mentally healthy increases productivity and more effectiveness towards family, workplace settings, school college or caregiving centers 

 How to improve mental health?

• It is a step by step engaging process.
• Balanced and healthy meals.
• Talking, sharing, and opening up to people in your life.
• Take a break from your daily life routine settings whenever you feel like.
• Always remember something you are grateful for 
• Have a  healthy sleep cycle
• Basic exercising,  walking, yoga, cycling dancing, etc. activities are must 
• Daily therapy sessions with professional if you feel like
• Develop your personal coping techniques
• Helping others

 When is a good time to reach out for help?

 well, no one is never too late to reach out for help. Mental health issues affect everyone in various ways.

 If you observe any of the above-mentioned symptoms on a regular daily basis, there are always ways to reach out to people for support.

some ways to get mental health help:

• connect with others, talk freely to family, if not friends.
•  read and learn more about mental health. There is an ample number of resources available on the internet/ book/ blogs/ videos.
• talk to a professional, they will guide you properly, prescribe you medicine, diet, what to do, what not to do, etc.

10 eye-opening Mental health facts: 

Mental, neurological, and substance use disorder comprises 10% of the global disease burden and 30% of nonfatal disease burden.

Depression is one of the leading causes of disability affecting almost to 264 million people worldwide

Almost half of the mental disorders begin before the age of 14 one person dies from suicide every 40 seconds that sums up 800,000 people.

The second leading cause of death in individuals aged 15 to 29 years is suicide.

Global economic losses alone cost the US about 1 trillion dollars per year in productivity just because of anxiety and depression.

Up to 40% of all Trans people have made a suicide attempt before the age of 25 

LGBTQIA+ youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers. 

Less than half of the people having mental health treatment due to stigma and Discrimination

10th October is observed as World Mental Health Day and for the 1st time celebrated it was celebrated in 1992.

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