The issue of mental wellness is so important, considering the times we are in now, people need to keep a healthy and positive mind.
Let's consider some questions,
What is mental health?
According psychiatry, mental health include our social, psychological and emotional well being. Most persons think the mere absence of mental illness like psychosis, Alzheimer's or even Depression means you're mentally healthy, not necessarily, but mental health is simply the presence of positive characteristics.
Whatare the signs of mental health?
There are some characteristics or things and evidences you can see in your life or someone else and it makes you know for sure that you or the person has a positive mindset and is mentally healthy. One, there is zeal to live everyday, zeal to get up and live out your purpose, people with a negative mindset often don't want to live, they've lost the zeal and passion for life and for what they love. A mentally healthy individual has the ability to overcome whatever obstacle infact they always find a way to go around it. You also see that they are mostly happy and content and they open minded to new opportunities and possibilities. Lastly they can adapt real quick to change because unexpected things can happen and what happens if you weren't prepared for them? You quickly adapt and develop coping mechanism to enable you survive. There are lots of signs but these are some of them.
You are probably wondering how you can build a healthy and possibly maintain a healthy mindset?
If you're going through stress and it's a bit overwhelming for you, first you need to seek advice, infact get professional help if necessary, a lot of persons go into therapy which is totally okay to help you navigate your way through your storm and difficulty. Secondly, do not always isolate yourself, let's not forget that self meditation is a great deal also but when you're always alone, negative thoughts tend to fill your mind, spend time with friends and people who are positively minded. Also try to engage in physical activities like exercise, exercise releases endorphins, and endorphins make people happy, tada! Above all be positive. Always be positive and hopeful, everything is going to be fine eventually.
Before I finish let's see some advantages of building a positive mindset. Apart from the fact that when you are always positive, the chances of realizing your full potential is greater, your work will be productive because you're focused and you don't let negativity set you back, and because you've developed coping mechanism, you can adapt to stress easily.
The importance of mental health can not be overemphasized indeed, we need to be positive if we are ever going to move forward. Let's try to maintain a good mental health!