Introduction
It is always difficult to define mental health than mental illness. In simple term it can be defined as the absence of mental illness. It is true that all of us do not suffer from any diagnosable disorder of mind but still we know that some of us are more mentally healthier than the others. There is no proper measurement or scale for mental health awareness. We cannot measure exactly the level of our mental health awareness as we measure fever or blood pressure or sugar levels.
Mental health is the level of your psychological well being, your ability to enjoy life and your determination to fight for your objective with a balance between effort and emotions in mind.
History
However, the experts have established few characteristics to understand our mental health awareness as below:
Capability to enjoy life: Your ability to enjoy your life as it comes is very essential for a good mental health. You must always be ready to enjoy the passing time. If you can practice meditation of mindfulness you can develop your mental health through improved mental health awareness. There is no doubt that we have to make planning for the future and at the same time we must remain ready to learn from the past, because history is our greatest teacher, but the fact is, very often we make our present time miserable from the constant worries over the future.
Resilience: It is the ability to bounce back from the adverse situation. Everybody cannot handle stress and hardship equally, some do it better.
Balance in life: We should not be isolated socially, but should strike a proper balance between our personal life and social life as they demand for a fulfilled contented life.
Flexibility: We should not be rigid in opinions, rigidness adds more stress. Emotional and cognitive flexibility are equally important for sound mental health.
Self-actualization: Know your potentials; learn how to overcome your limitations.
Features
What Affects your Mental Awareness?
The most common symptoms of mental illness are:
Anxiety Disorder:-- It mainly includes: (a) Panic Disorder-- Sudden terror is experienced without reason; (b) Phobias-- Fear from any object or judgment of own or of inescapable situations, etc; (c) Obsessive-compulsive disorders or OCD—Constant repetitive unnecessary actions or thoughts; (d) Post-traumatic stress disorders or PSTD-- This happens if somebody has passed through a traumatic event. He sees some uncontrollable scary things are happening to himself or someone he cares for is in danger.
Mood Disorder: -- It may include any of the following elements—(a) Major depression; (b) Bipolar disorder which is a combination of mania and despair or euphoria and depression. (c) Mild persistent depression or “Dysthymia”; (d) Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD, a peculiar form of depression experienced by lack of light by the people from countries far from the equator during early spring, winter or late autumn.
Schizophrenia: This is the net result of many illnesses. Experts are of opinion that this most likely to be result of defective neuronal development of fetus. Schizophrenia causes thought disorder, split personality and many others.
Tips and comments
You can improve your mental health by a nutritious balance diet and self help through the practice of meditation, yoga and relaxation techniques. There are few Paraliminal CDs which may try.
