Mental Health Check-Point

What is Mental Health?

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Mental health includes how we feel, think and act, how we manage stress and adapt to various environmental factors. 

 

There are 3 main components of mental health ;

 

• Emotional wellbeing- It is your ability to cope with both positive and negative emotions, which includes your awareness of them, stress management techniques and how resilient we are

• Social wellbeing - Ability to form meaningful relationships with people and connect

• Psychological well-being - A feeling of purpose and meaning in life, personal growth and development and self-acceptance

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What does "good" mental health look like?

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Good mental health does not only mean having no mental health disorder. It means having a balanced , functional life in which in an individual can carry of activities of daily living, interact with people and deal with stress in a healthy manner, contribute to community and realize your potential.

Good mental health checklist

• Balanced self esteem

• You set goals 

• You feel good about yourself

• You don't always blame yourself

• You listen to other opinions and communicate when needed

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