Mental health

As this year is starting out, let’s focus on our health, shall we? Today, I’m delving a little bit (but not too deep) into the mental health bit.

What is mental health really? It affects our emotional, psychological and social well-being and determines how we handle stress and make choices. There are so many factors which can contribute to problems, like biology (genes for example) or life experiences (trauma for example).

I’m happy to see that people in general are lifting the taboo that mental health brings with it. Besides our communities in our lives accepting that mental health is important, there are also many ways we can take care of ourselves.

• Take a mental health day when you need one
• Try limiting refined sugar from your diet
• Do things that make you generally happy
• Try to limit watching TV just before bed
• and so on

These are all simple things which can help us maintain health. Should you have already passed a certain point where you no longer can function, or you think what you’re dealing with isn’t that bad, but you still can not be your good old self, then get help. It does not matter if in your state you think that it’s not important, or that it will go away or even how bad can it be? 

So why am I speaking on this? I’m speaking on this because I’ve been there. Not taking care of my own mental health because of the excuses listed above, has had a very bad influence. The good news is, that it is possible to overcome. And when you overcome, when you get to the other side then you value this so much more!

So can we make this a priority for this year? Take care of yourself and don’t be hard on others! Take care of them as well if they need it, deal?