Mental Health for a Strong Soul

Currently, mental illness has become an issue that is widely discussed among teenagers. Not a few teenagers who suffer from mental illness. According to the WHO or the World Health Organization, it is estimated that 10 to 20 percent of adolescents experience mental health problems.

Unfortunately, there are still many teenagers who are less sensitive about mental illness. Undiagnosed mental health can result from a lack of knowledge or stigma about this issue.

Let's explore first what is meant by mental health. Mental health or mental health is a condition in which individuals realize their potential and can cope with the stresses that occur. Mental illnesses usually arise due to the influence of events that occurred in the past and have a major impact on the personality or behavior of individuals.

Factors that usually trigger the occurrence of mental illness in adolescents are bullying, peer pressure, academic expectations, changes in body shape to violence that occurs in their environment.

Mental disorders experienced by individuals can change the way a person behaves with others, causing a desire to hurt himself, to suicidal ideation. If this is experienced continuously, mental illness or mental disorders will arise.

Mental disorders that are often encountered are bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Mental disorders can occur in certain types of sufferers, such as the baby blues which only affects mothers after giving birth.

There are some early symptoms of mental illness. Among them are delusions or hallucinations, loss of ability to concentrate, constant fear, excessive anger, drastic mood swings, and many other early symptoms of people with mental illness.

Here are healthy steps to improve mental health in adolescents, including respecting their ideas, giving love, and encouraging them to be more able to talk about their feelings.

There are efforts that can be made if the teenager has a mental illness or disorder. The following are efforts that can be done, namely by taking them to a psychiatrist or psychiatrist, living a healthy life and taking medicines recommended by the doctor.