KEEPING A GOOD MENTAL HEALTH

There will be an emotional problem and psychological handicap when an individual is not able to function or use her cognitive and emotional capabilities or a complete state of good physical, mental and social well-being.

There are  other people taking for granted the use of their mental health. They only recognize their incapability to think when something gone wrong. They did not realize how good mental health put a sense of fulfillment.

When something gone wrong in the mind, treatment is needed. But this medical care need enough time and resources to have maximum effectiveness. It is easy to assess physical health but taking measurements to the level of thought and perception are difficult to quantify and very subjective.

Mental disorders are health condition that is presented by alteration in mood, thinking of normal behavior in relation to stress and other mental and emotional disturbance. There was an impaired functioning of the mind.

Good mental health is distracted by stressful environment. Pressured work activities put strain to the mind and result to low level of perception and attention.

Any physical symptom related to the body especially if one is in pain due to mental illness. The greater the stress the greater the chances that his physical condition is at risk.

When we are in the period of mental stress we are vulnerable to disease and illness. These may be a feeling of isolation and lack of social support that can be exacerbated or prolonged.

There was an inter-relationship of the 3 components of mental, social and physical aspects for the general well-being of a person. When treatment is to be done, its effectiveness will depend on the responses of the 3 components together.

A good mental health can be represented by the ability to enjoy the passing of time. They are not worrying much about the future. Although they are looking ahead, but the present time is all they need for now.

Extreme social isolation is running away with the reality. The reality is to live full of satisfaction, enjoyment and happiness. Isolating the mind from this factors will become a weakness that need to be improve to be able to have a healthy life and healthy mind.

Making our expectation more flexible can improve our mental health. We have so many emotions, expressing our own responses. Avoiding the expression of this feeling may result to a mental health problem, our ability to form healthy relationship with other people by communicating and reaching them may improve our own self-esteem and community standing. We can have many friends around.

It is important for us to learn the balances of our lives. We should focus ourselves how we can keep this balance of the different aspects: mental, social, physical, spiritual, economic). This will be our challenges to keep that balance to maintain a good and healthy mental health.

WHAT MAKES YOU ANGRY?

Sometimes, you are not aware what causes your anger, how much anger you are holding inside or how to express your anger. You maybe angry about certain events of your own or other people’s action. Any little things can build into a full blown anger if not manage well. Control your anger before it controls you.

If you find yourself become increasingly irritable, you may have problem in dealing with your anger. Feeling angry is a normal human emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it leads to problem in your work, in your personal relationship with others and the overall quality of your life.

It is an emotional state varies from intense, mild irritation to intense rage and fury accompanied by physiological and biological changes when your heart rate and blood pressure goes up. They may be cause from external and internal events in your life.

Anger can be suppress and redirect. When you are angry, hold in your anger, stop thinking about it and focus on something positive. The purpose is to inhibit or suppress and convert it into a more constructive behavior.

You goal is to reduce both your emotional feelings and the psychological arousal that anger causes. You can’t get rid of it, or avoid to things that enrage you, nor to change them but you have the courage to control your emotions.

People who easily angered has low tolerance for frustration and annoyance, inconveniences. They cannot take things that easy, and immediately infuriated if being corrected by his wrongdoing. Typically, people who are easily angered came from families that were disruptive, chaotic and cannot handle emotional strain. They became too irrational and very demanding doing it their way. If their demands are not meet, their disappointment become an anger. Some angry people uses this anger as a way to avoid feeling hurt.

An anger and frustration were caused by one’s personal problem in life. It is the natural response to difficulties. We felt hurt or irritated if someone or something obstructs our needs and desires. Why do we have such a hard time recognizing our feelings of vulnerability and hurts if we are insulted.

How can we control our anger to subside:

A simple relaxation will do. Deep breathing is helpful to calm down angry feeling. Make a plan, check your progress everyday. Resolve it the best of your intention and effort. In any given situation, focus on how you can handle and face the problem. In a heated discussion, slow down and think through your responses. Think about carefully what you want to say. Listen carefully to what the other person is saying and take time before answering. Give yourself a break. Find time for leisure to ease the feeling of anger.