Taking Care of Your Mental Health

There are a lot of people out there that give tips and advice on how people should take care of themselves physically.

Wether that is related to beauty or working out.

However there are not many advices that go along with mental health and how to make sure you maintain a good mental health.

In this particular time we are living at, mental health problems seem to be increasing by the millions. A lot of people self diagnose themselves with different states of mental health problems or they are actually diagnosed by a doctor. Whatever the case may be, even if you do have a mental illness or if you just need to clear your head ; Here are a few ways to take care of your mental health.

1. Socialize.

• This doesn't occur to many as such an important thing lately, because of texting and social media. I myself am very antisocial on most days and whenever I have to hang out with someone or go out somewhere with someone I just want to make up a hundred excuses to not go to that place or not go see that person… this especially happens if I’m having a “Down day”. However on the rare day that I don’t find an excuse to cancel and I’m feeling crappy, after an hour of hanging out with a new face or someone that doesn't live with me I tend to feel better because one of the two happens : I either temporarily forget about me being upset or I actually talk it out.

2) Find something that you like to do.

• This could be one of the most important advices out of this whole thing. Whether you enjoy painting, listening to music, reading, writing, watching movies, videos, TV shows etc : FIND SOMETHING YOU ENJOY!! Because if you are not having a good day you can just start doing what ever it is that you like to do and that will give you time to get away from the stressful, anxious or depressing situation that is going on in your life and give yourself a little you time.

3) You times.

• Carrying off the last thing I said, you need your “ You days”. If you are feeling stressed, anxious or depressed, no matter how what ever you are doing seems important… drop it.. just drop everything and go take a bath, take care of your self, because the truth is you will be able to do better on what ever you were working on better if you have a better state of mind.

4) Take care of your physical state

• Yes I know this IS supposed to be about your MENTAL health but in all honesty you cant achieve a good mental state without taking care of your physical health. Whenever you eat you release dopamine which makes you feel better but if you learn to eat healthy, workout and drink fluids not only will that release dopamine as well but drinking water and eating healthy reduce depressing thoughts…. like it really does trust me… and whenever you work out you can take out your sadness, stress or anger on those treadmills or weights and when you come out of that gym you feel better and you feel good about yourself.

5) Challenge yourself/ set goals

• Do you think you cant do something? Challenge yourself to do it and when you complete it you will feel so good about yourself and what you have achieved ! Also setting goals is another awesome way to reward yourself, it will not only keep you busy but also feel like an enormous reward when you achieve your goals!

6)DEAL WITH YOUR STRESS!!!

• It is so important not to keep pressing your stress under the line, hoping it will go away! you need to face it and learn to control it, that could be by working out, getting work done, listening to music etc, but do not let it build up !

7) ZZZzzzz

• Get rest! Sleep is one of the other most important things to do that has an important role in your mental health. If you are tired then your anxiety, stress, depression, ocd etc levels will increase and only harm you more. No matter how you do it, just make sure to get the average 8 hours of sleep!

8) Be aware of the now

• We are all constantly thinking of the mistakes of the past or the fogginess of the future and worrying ourselves because of it. That leads us to not notice what we have in the now, enjoy the fresh air, enjoy the sound of the rain, enjoy the feel of the sun soaking in your bones, enjoy the beauty of the stars, enjoy the shapes of the clouds, enjoy the close embrace that your family has over you and enjoy the times with your friends.

I myself take pleasure in all of these things and found that they all help me a lot and although this was very long I thought it would be important.

xx