If you live in India, then you know that Mental Health is something that is a hoax or something that simply does not exist. Weird right? But it’s true! People in our country think that there is no such thing as a mental disorder. They would never believe it. Is it Taboo???
Mental Health is a cognitive behavior. It is all about human behavior. It includes the way they think, their way of speaking, their behavior, how they feel. When a person behaves differently in a situation, it is then called a “mental disorder”.
Mental health plays a crucial role in everyone’s life. When you don’t have mental peace, you can go into depression, feel stressed, or anxiety which we will explain later on. It can not only affect your physical appearance but also your emotional stability. I have heard people saying, she’s smiling she can’t be depressed! That’s not true. Depression can come in many different forms. Not all the people who are smiling are happy. According to the National Alliance on mental illness, 1 in 5 adults experiences mental health problems each year. In 2017, a study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 11.2 million adults in the U.S., or about 4.5% of the adults, had a severe psychological condition.
What Are The Reasons Behind Mental Health Disorders?
There can be several medical health conditions. Usually, people go into depression when they lose someone or when they go through a social crisis. They start feeling that they are all alone, but let me tell you, it’s all a part of life. Healing is a process that takes time. There will be a lot of aspects in your life that can break you as a person but always remember that it takes patience and trust in oneself to conquer all the negativity and overcome any disorders.
Some Common Mental Health Disorders
Anxiety Disorder
This is a mental health disorder that is characterized by feelings of fear, excessive stress, and anxiety that are strong enough to interfere with one’s daily activities.
Some examples of anxiety disorders include panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, vomiting. It leads to distraction and breathlessness and a person can not focus on any other work other than the thing he/she is thinking. Panic attacks can cause heart attacks which can even lead to death.
Clinical Disorder
It is a mental health disorder that is characterized by a continuous depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
Some of the examples of the clinical disorder include a combination of biological, psychological, and social sources of distress. Research suggests that these factors can cause changes in brain functioning, including any activity of certain neural circuits in the brain. It needs to be diagnosed and treated early using therapy.
Bipolar Disorder
It is a type of disorder that is associated with repeated episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs. The exact cause of bipolar disorder is unknown, but a combination of environmental, genetic, and altered brain structure and chemistry is said to play an important role. It can result in social phobias, whenever you are in an uncomfortable social environment you will start to feel insecure about yourself which restricts how a person socializes.
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Quick Mental Health Assessment
There is no proper test to know if you are mentally healthy unlike for fever or any other physical disease. It’s something that needs to be observed. Some of the most common signs are:
- Feeling anxious at social gatherings
- Avoiding any activities or going out
- Always feeling sad and low
- Always feeling hopeless
- Distracted
- Lots and lots of mood swings
- Feeling way too happy after feeling sad for no particular reason
- Crying when alone
- Always avoiding conversations
- Making an imaginary friend or delusion.
Treatments For Mental Health Disorders
There is always a solution for every problem. We often see when a person is depressed he/she starts smoking and develop other unhealthy and harmful habits. You should always try to avoid such habits and focus instead focus on treating yourself better.
1. Therapy
Therapy is the best way to tackle mental health conditions. Psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, etc, can help you diagnose these underlying issues and disorders and help you overcome them. It helps people understand the root of their mental illness.
2. Meditation
Yoga and meditation help you find inner peace. The more you meditate, the more peaceful you feel and your mind feels less chaotic. Meditations let you introspect and helps you come in term or understand your feelings better.
3. Self-help
You can do anything which you find interesting and love doing. A balanced diet, regular exercise, social networking, helping others can help you overcome your mental health conditions because then you will find yourself busy and by watching other people grow, you will also grow.
Keep yourself healthy by promoting your mental health!
