To improve our mental health, it is important to understand what mental health means in the first place. Though it is important to distance ourselves from our pain in the sense that we can objectively look at what is happening with space and wisdom so that we may know that this pain is not us, that it does not define us—it is still important to remember that the mind is a part of us and that mental health is about peace, presence, alignment with our values and goals, and that it is also about how we respond to life and the human experience of pain, pleasure, and love. What being healthy, well, and happy looks like can be drastically different for each of us. However, there are a few truths to keep in mind from ancient wisdom and contemporary psychology: mental health is not a permanent smile on our faces, nor is it an unrealistic day to day life where everything is perfect and we only feel pleasure. Mental health is resilience, inner strength, awareness, interconnectedness to others and to our truth, and in a more spiritual sense it is like the yin and yang, a balance of light and darkness where the darkness is absorbed by the light and where our minds may be dark but the light is never destroyed. In the day to day, taking care of our mental health can involve seeing a qualified therapist that we connect with. Mental health also looks like prioritizing our needs above those of others with compassion for ourselves. A close friend of mine struggled with difficult life situations and refused to see a therapist because they didn’t possess the means to pay. I insisted that it was important to consider their needs first and to recognize how to fulfill those needs in healthful ways. They didn’t listen, and their health worsened, until they realized that they spent enough money buying video games and clothes to numb their pain that they could afford a therapist all along. Other ways to improve is by developing (slowly and with compassion) habits like meditating, exercising, doing yoga regularly, eating much more vegetables and fruits, asking for help when we need it, getting a good night’s sleep, and reconnecting with the activities, places, and people we love. I wish you the best of luck.
I ask my self this every day as I too struggle with mental health. Every day I try to meditate, do exercise of some sort, go outside and take my Dog for an hours walk in the morning etc and write about my day and how I feel before bed. Writing what I’m grateful for and what my goals for tomorrow are really good as when I finish them I’ll feel like I’ve accomplished something.
Make time for yourself. I know that seems obviously, because really, all time is for you. But, make time to actively reflect on and work towards improving your mental health. It can be really hard, though, especially to start. But start with something small and recruit a friend, neighbor, anyone you trust, and ask them for help. People want to help us, we just have to ask for it.
To improve means to work it out and to upgrade. Aside from reading helpful books and other reading materials, browsing the internet seems to worm. Solving puzzles and problems will also enhance my mental health.
You should cultivate strong mind and take decisions. First: start bulding habits that make you feel good in the morning, purchase a Gratitude Journal and start writing, always have your Portable Altar with you for worshipping your benefactors. All these will help you understand your values and your spiritual purpose. Second: start preparing a vision for each of your areas in life: nature, broader family, children, friends, intangible assets, mental health, physical health, profession, spouse, tangible assets. This will give you more clarity over your life purpose and your role on this earth and thus you will be able to inderstand what is important and what not. Third: start tracking how much time you spend daily on what activities, how much value you bring to the society on daily basis and where do you spend your money. This will help you create measures for deciding easier on the next steps.
Writing helps me through hard time. Writing helps us have more time to gather our thoughts in order, to reflect to contemplate mental problems more clearly. Asking for external help from family and the ones you trust most can be even more rewarding when you can express your problems freely, thus find solutions in no time. Sometimes all we need is speaking aloud our thoughts and problems. At the time, problems can be solved by themselves.
Taking time to get to know what makes you happy and being grateful for things around you. Sometimes you can find more joy than you think from being grateful for what and who you have in your life, compared to a lot of other people! Think positive !!
It depends on what you’re struggling with. Generally, you can improve your mental health by cutting toxic people out of your life, or decluttering your life, whether it be physically, mentally, or digitally. Talking to people you trust often can also help, and so can reevaluating decisions that are causing you unhappiness or distress.
1. Channel your inner energy and thoughts. 2. Think positive. 3.. Think about yourself and what you want from your life. 4. Meditate and do yoga.
To improving your mental health you will have to exercise your brain and resting. Meaning doing something to get your brain to work more, like reading and solving riddles or anything that keep your brain mving like a train. Also you need to rest your brain. Keeping your brain active and having it rest. Never over work you brsin, it’s like over working your body. If you don’t rest you function the way you want your body to be, so rest is good thing.
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