How You Can Nurture Your Mental Health And Wellbeing | What You Need To Do

Introduction

Looking after your mental health and well-being is not just something to be taken for granted until you are feeling down, stressed, or anxious.

To nurture your mental health is an investment that everyone, like young people and other sectors of humanity, should make in themselves as we live in this society.

Therefore, whether you are starting to feel a lot of struggles or whether you are feeling mentally empowered, you should begin taking steps to nurture and look after your mental health and well-being.[1]How to improve your mental wellness

healthy wellbeing

Psychological and Physical Fitness

Just like physical fitness which helps our bodies to stay strong and powerful through variations of physical activity and regular exercise, mental fitness, on the other hand, assists us to attain and carry on a state of good mental health, thereby, in the process, also preventing mental health disorders.

Hence, optimum psychological, emotional, and mental wellness will translate and equate to great physical health, as well.[2]How Mental Health and Physical Health Are Connected

Optimum Emotional Wellbeing

Whenever we are mentally fit and at an optimal emotional health, we are able to appreciate our life, our environment, as well as our child or children and the people within our circle.

We are able to be creative, to learn and try new things, and to take risks. We have managed to cope with trying times in our personal and professional journey. We can imbibe healthy habits.

We can endure the sadness, emotion build-up, anger, and frustrations that can come with the death of a loved one for instance, relationship problems or any other difficult events.

Thus, for the moment, we manage to go through life’s struggles and enjoy our existence once again and preclude the possibility of having any mental health issues.

We can even prevent the onset of mental illness or mental disorder, as the case may be, especially those who are vulnerable or prone to mental breakdown.

Natural Deterrent

Nurturing our mental health can also be our foundation to combat or avoid any mental health problems which are sometimes related with a physical illness.

It can also prevent the deterioration of our physical or mental state.

For instance, being able to manage our stress well can give a positive impact on heart disease by relieving the pressures in the mind.

We can also prevent and fight substance abuse, which we tend to indulge into when we feel depressed.

Establishing a routine empowers you to charge your day with healthy rituals that in due course will become habitual.

Beneficial Routine Assistance

Also, whenever we feel being pressured or tensed, it is our practice to step back a little and rely on our own strength brought about by healthy routine patterns, maybe, in the form of an exercise.

They require less thought to finish such routines. So let us begin create a healthy routine. This is a practice that can lead in a similar manner to good emotional health.

Ensure that you are getting enough and good night sleep

enough sleep

Before you start your day, it is important for you to have slept pretty well. Insufficiency or even too much sleep can build a dangerous and unhealthy sleep cycle.

Learning how much sleep suits us best needs some trial and error. But once you have discovered the ideal amount of sleep, you can already work out the best times for going to sleep and when to wake up.

Good and well rested body as a result of great sleep also produce better mental health condition through out the day.

While lack thereof constituting unhealthy patterns may occasion a poor mental health to those who are affected thereby.

There are lots of benefits and advantages we can get from sleeping in nurturing our mental wellbeing. Not only does it improve our happiness and mood of the day, but it also decreases the risk of depression and anxiety.

Whenever we are well rested, we are more likely to feel fulfilled and satisfied in our social life and professional commitments as compared to those times when we feel unmotivated and tired, which can also lead to a heightened state of stress. Thus. this also promotes emotional wellbeing.

Set up your morning routine

morning routine

One thing that could change your perceptions in life is by making yourself ready to go when you wake up in the morning.

Fixing your bed and preparing yourself to be in order, while a routine task, still can assist you to be on the get go.

Even the smallest of accomplishments each morning can heighten your self- esteem and can lead to a positive state of mind for the day.

Let there be light in your room, whether a natural light or a lamp can bring light into your mornings and can help reduce drowsiness.

It can also increase alertness and motivation to start your day productively. Don’t forget to drink a glass of water after making your bed or as soon as you woke up, it hydrates your body and help you conquer morning grogginess.

After all these things, you can start your morning exercise, whether it is jogging, walking, yoga, meditation, or any fitness class, exercise can help you release endorphins which helps to diminish stress and anxiety.

Your hygiene is also a must. It is part of your self-care tasks, such as taking a bath, brushing your teeth, fixing your hair, putting on some makeup and getting a nice dress, these things can help you boost your self- esteem.

Connecting and Disconnecting relationships

Connecting and Disconnecting relationships

Keeping healthy relationships and social connection with your family and friends is essential for your mental state.

Hence, reaching out to your old friends or family member into your daily routine can help you gain self- confidence, thus, having the feeling of belongingness and peace of mind. This is an effective deterrent to emotional problems.

You do not really need to be discussing your feelings or anxieties with them, but small chats like recommending what to watch on Netflix can nurture the feeling of connectedness and distances feelings of sadness and loneliness, thus, helping you curb any mental health struggles that you may fell at the moment.

Now that we have set connecting relationships into our daily routine, it is now the time to consider disconnecting. Give some time at the end of your day to disconnect from toxicity of social media, the bad news, and the toxic relationships and start to reflect on your everyday actions.

You can dwell on the positive effects of your mental health regimen. Conversely, you may do away all the negative thoughts that have been bugging you.

Reflect on the positive and negative steps you have fulfilled that day. Realize what you are grateful for and things you regret doing.

Mindfulness techniques will help you focus on the present time rather than focusing on your anxieties for the future.

Manage your stress by taking control of it

Manage your stress

Stress is a fact and a normal part of everyone else’s lives. No matter how much we long for a stress-free environment, but the truth is, stress is indeed necessary.

It’s how we acknowledge it and how we respond to it that will affect our everyday lives. Human’s have the ability to discover his own stress management methodologies.

Stress is designed for humans to feel emotional pressure. We have to adapt to this challenges, and at the same time find ways to alleviate the same.

This embraces difficult life events and also those positive ones. For instance, getting a new job or getting your hair done are actually recognized to be happy events, but they are also changes, known as stress, that needs some adaptation.

Knowing how to effectively and efficiently cope with stress can ease our mental and physical state. You can use meditation and other relaxation methods such as yoga, exercise, and breathing techniques which are all very helpful strategies for decreasing the negative impact of stress in our lives.

Incidentally, in practicing yoga, you can have both the benefits of meditation and breathing exercises. It may calm your brain and be relieved of tension and pressures, thereby, promoting positive mental health.[3]8 Signs of Positive Mental Health Change – The Light Program

In managing your stress, it’s important to recognize the root causes of your stress. Circumstances like death of a loved one, starting a new job with a toxic environment or moving into another house are absolutely stressful.

But sometimes, our stress radiates from within us. How we interpret and recognize things – a conversation for instance, a performance in work, even a look of a person – determines whether something becomes a source of stress.

Understanding your stress levels and where they are coming from can help you think of a course of action on properly responding to it.

Keep yourself busy

Keep yourself busy

It turns out that not all distractions are bad to yourself, well in fact, hobbies and other activities can divert you from feeling frustrate during trying times like this pandemic.

Aside from watching TV and movies, you can also take advantage of your vacant time to get ahead of your general cleaning and other household chores.

There are also free online webinars and courses, as well as virtual worship services you can avail for free to uplift your spirit.

However, while it is true that you should try to keep yourself busy, you should also try your best not to feel any pressure to over-perform.

You might have extra time on your hands right now, but there’s no reason to be harsh on yourself for pushing yourself to be productive enough during this trying times.

Be kind to yourself and others

be kind to yourself and to others

When human beings are kind, it can all make us feel good. Sometimes, being kind can be a little gesture, like an exchanged smile with strangers, or something bigger than that such as doing a favor for a friend or a neighbor.

Knowing that we’ve lightened the burden of our fellowman lightens our own burden as well. Kindness must be mutual. If we are kind, we help other people’s lives to be better, and we, in return, gain the benefits.

Being kind to others is beneficial not only for them but also to our own wellbeing such as mental health and relationships.

Being kind to yourself is one of our greatest challenges. It is as easy as it may sound or easier said than done. However, for some, it is really difficult.

In order to be kind to yourself, think of what you wish you could do and, despite the difficulties caused by this pandemic, do it anyway. It’s how you can express to yourself the kindness and love while boosting mental state.

Closing

Mental health illnesses can be very cruel. They make us question every idea we think, we say, and do. They make us ask ourselves what others might say about us.

Most of the time, mental conditions make one became angry with themselves, questioning their self-worth and existence.

Some who are experiencing mental health illnesses even learn to hate themselves because of their struggles to fight against adverse mental situations.

Nurturing your mental health and well-being is a personal and a challenging journey. It may be something that works for one, yet, may not work for everybody.

Hence, you have to keep trying until you discover the necessary elements that can work for you and insert them into your healthy routine, so they become a habit in your everyday life.

Counselling also can work to alleviate mental health stress.

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