All about Mental Health

Today, everyone is going through a lot of stress,depression and anxiety. The main reasons for this are, the changing lifestyle of people, increased competition, increase in workload and greed to earn more.

Since everyone is facing the problem of Mental illness and want to improve their Mental health, I thought of helping you as much as I can. So, here I'm with this blog. 

Here I'll discuss all about Mental health, including What is Mental health, What does World Health Organization(WHO) says about Mental health, What is Mental Illness, Types of Mental Illness,Signs that you are facing Mental Illness, easy Remedies to improve your Mental Health,and lastly How can you talk to your parents about your Mental Health. 

•What is Mental health? 

Mental health means a person's emotional, physiological, behavioural and social well being. It Is all about how a person think, feel, behave, deals with stress, make choices and much more. 

Maintaining a good mental health or looking after mental health can improve a person's ability to enjoy life. But there are some conditions like depression, stress, anxiety, etc, that adversely affect our mental health. 

•What does World Health Organization (WHO) says about Mental health? 

According to the World Health Organization (WHO):“Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”

The WHO says that Mental health is “more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities.” 

They says that improving Mental health is crucial at an individual level as well as for the whole at society at large. 

•What is Mental Illness? 

Mental illness or Mental health disorder means those mental health conditions that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. In simple words it affects your brain power to do things. 

Everyone has some risk of developing a mental illness or a mental health disorder, irrespective of their age, sex, income, or nationality. 

•Types of Mental illness

1) Mood Disorders:- Mood disorder is a mental health disorder or a mental illness which primarily affects a person's emotional state. Example, Depression, Bipolar disorder, Seasonal Affective disorder. 

2) Anxiety Disorder:- People with anxiety disorder generally have a fear of a thing or situation and they try to avoid those things as they make them feel extremely uncomfortable. It incudes panic disorder and phobia. 

3) Psychotic Disorders:- This mental disorder characterised by a disconnection from reality.Psychosis may be caused by a health condition, medication or drug use.

•Signs that you are facing Mental illness

Five Warning Signs of Mental Illness

1) Eating or sleeping, too much or too little. 

2) Pulling away yourself from people or try to avoid people. 

3) Long-lasting sadness or irritability, and feeling like nothing matters. 

4) Smoking, drinking, or using drugs more than usual. 

5) Yelling or fighting with family and friends. 

6) Usually feeling confused or lost. 

7) Experiencing severe mood swings. 

8) Hearing voices or believing things that are not true. 

9) Thinking of harming yourself or others. 

10) Inability to perform daily tasks. 

•Remedies to improve Mental health or fight Mental illness

The person suffering from mental illness have to work closely with a doctor or a person who can identify their problem and take them out of it. Some solutions to the problem are:-

1) Psychotherapy, or talking therapies:- This kind of treatment helps a person to identify their problem or needs and according relevant solutions can be made to solve the same. They should talk to doctors,  parents, teachers or with their elders, so that others can understand what the person is going through and can help him. 

2) Medication:- People facing Mental health disorder are generally prescribed medication. However, this may not cure their problem but it would definitely boost up the overall level of chemicals that prevent then to think about their problem or in simple words boost up their mood and energy. 

3) Self-help:- A person suffering, must make some changes in their lifestyle, like, reducing the intake of alcohol, improving sleeping schedule, by having a balance diet. And should also try to avoid sitting alone or being alone, and instead of this should try to talk to others or try to indulge themselves in some work so that they don't think about the things that affects their mental health. 

•How to talk to parents about Mental Health? 

Talking to parents about mental health is a little difficult task. So, here are some easy hacks to do so:-

1) Simply start by saying, "I'm not feeling great", and tell slowly tell them your problem. 

2) Make them watch movies or videos talking about mental health. 

3) Write them a message or letter about how you are feeling. 

Mental health is a new concept for parents. But these kinds of steps can really help. 

AT LAST

Having a good Mental Health is very important to enjoy a good and happy life. So you must check whether you are facing the problem of Mental illness, or any of your friends, or family members, and then must take of them all and help them in improving their Mental health. 

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