How to support mental health?

Mental health is important and often neglected aspect of our overall well-being. It can be challenging to support someone with mental health issues or even understand what they’re going through. Fear not, dear reader! In this article, we will discuss some ways in which you can provide support for those suffering from mental illness.

Understanding Mental Health

Before diving into how to help, it’s essential to gain understanding around the concept of mental health itself:

What is Mental Health?

Mental health refers to a person’s psychological and emotional state, impacting their ability to function daily. This can include anxiety disorders/depression.

Common Causes of Poor Mental Health

Poor mental health outcomes come as a result of various things impacting individuals’ wellbeing including stressors such as difficult life experiences like relationships breaking down or work pressure/stressful job environments capable of affecting one’s anxiety level at ease.

Now that we’ve covered the basics let us move forward:

Listen…Really Listen!

When people reach out concerning troubling matters relating either mentally or emotionally-related problems- it takes an attentive ear who empathizes with what being shared henceforth appreciating and acknowledging emotions expressed during conversations.

Here are some tips you should note when listening:
– Give them your undivided attention
– Avoid interrupting
– Show empathy by verbalizing each concern expressed while making sure it shows that you care.
– Ask open-ended clarifying questions

Remember – sometimes all someone needs is for someone else simply ‘to listen’.

“Only great listeners hear everything unsaid in between words.”

-karla fyfe

Nourish Your Body(Feed The Mind)

Nutrition plays a significant role in brain functioning (overdrive mode); eating healthy foods helps strengthen immunity too. Incorporating fresh fruits and veggies aiding digestion levels high while keeping hydration requirements satisfied throughout every day gives more balance on mood swings thus reducing risks around anxiety attacks/depression disorders.

Poor Diet’s Impact on Mental Health

Research shows that eating unhealthy meals or skipping meals altogether makes people prone to depression syndromes. For example, low vitamin D levels from Vitamin D deficiency (bright light foods) impacts and outright negatively affects the brain function level leading in cognitive declines accompanying severe mental health conditions.

Exercise – Keep The Body Moving

The human body is designed for movement; hence feel-good hormones release during physical activities such as sitting down long periods can offset well-being. Exercising offers self-esteem boosts increasing endorphin production while simultaneously providing an outlet lesser chances of falling into a depressive state- so go ahead sweat like it matters!

“Exercise, gets you away from it all…and daydreaming’s beneficial.”
-sir richard branson

Prioritize Sleep

Sufficient sleep equals restored nervous energy and emotional resilience with lower rates strained impulses compared to restless evenings delivered unwanted stress triggers over time.

Some tips around creating healthy sleeping habits include:
– Consistency maintaining enough hours every night
– Limit blue light exposure prior hands tucked in bed
– Reduce stimulating drinks/caffeine consumptions several hours before bedtime.

“I’ve never met a good sleeper who doesn’t have any worries.”

-Fay Weldon

Challenge Negative Self-Talk Patterns | Replace With Positive Reinforcements|

Self-talk helps sustain how one feels about themselves/others throughout each day contributes significantly to their wellbeing status:

Here are some tips towards changing negative talk patterns:
– Identify A Negative Thought Pattern and challenge its validity (“this isn’t true; facts differ”)
– Carry out Replacement thoughts replacing negativity tagged recurring phrases/thoughts using affirmative statements as replacements for eg “I am capable…”)
– Regular practice vital which helps establish new workable indulgence habits without raising suspicions across making positive progress consistently insightful unconsciously tickling.

“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked try improving praising acknowledging your great progress at hand.”

-Louise L. Hay

Make Time For Things Which Bring Joy

Sometimes that means indulging procrastinating around things that make individuals happy can be essential part relaxation necessary in life picking something fun/interesting challenging enough leading to feelings of pleasure/composure henceforth a sign one is doing well.

Whether you enjoy reading, painting, working out or dancing- tune into yourself and do something intentional around these activities regularly!

“In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself.”

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Limit Technology Use + Screen-Time

Smartphone screens emit blue light frequencies corresponding with what daylight would offer likewise duplicate signals suppressing melatonin productions thereby delaying sleep onset while making users’ brains restless accompanied by increased rates anxiety kicking-in amid depression disorders triggered alongside prolonged usage.

Here are some tips to limit screen-time use:
– Set boundaries installing apps monitoring how much time in total an account used daily
– Create non-digital activities replacing ones previously done on the phone eg reading books instead-benefits come from providing different distractions

“An over-reliance on mobile phones causes marked damage the body- resulting mental disruptions from electronic-induced distresses”
-garry jacobs

Seek Professional Help Without Shame Nor Fear Of Judgment

No one beats hard slogging alone statistics-further back this claim up thus revealing how many more people wear faces portraying perfect still water but drowning quietly underwater; consider joining support-groups meeting new people where they get extra compassionate advise/professional opinion delivered confidentially boosting feeling relieved unburdened motivational growth granted overnight silently resonates!

Seek a professional who understands precisely what you’re dealing with. If considered implying accepting ones life experience has had a seemingly unfavorable impact upon them regarding wellbeing status which makes going through steps towards recovery less psychologically daunting while simultaneously leads to faster results-more money saved in the long run.

“The decision for treatment is always a positive one. It’s not giving up but rather taking action”

-Jamie Lee Curtis

Final Thoughts

Mental health as we’ve discussed highlights many areas contributing to psychological and emotional well-being resonance around individuals. Implementing changes might take time/efforts; these simple hacks mentioned support human-made development leading us more towards workable growth than mere conventional norms of general existence.

One may want encouraging an individual in need today leading them towards making that crucial first step necessary setting off on the right path back into being ‘wholly at peace’.