Mental health and wellness start with you. Often the tapes that we play in our head can lead to a negative impact on our mental wellness. If you are struggling with things going on in your head here are some tips to make sure you have the right frame of mind to keep your mental wellness up.
Take Care Of Your Body
The University Of Michigan Student Health Services notes taking care of your body can improve your mental health. Many people think that taking care of their body just means exercise or eating right. The University of Michigan produces a list for taking care of your body that includes:
Eating well
Drinking water
Exercise
Sleeping
Avoiding drugs, alcohol, cigarettes
Make sure that you keep a total body wellness routine so that you can protect your mental illness as well.
Practice Kindness
A Healthier Michigan study noted that being kind and practicing random acts or simple acts of kindness can improve your mental state. There was something about people practicing random acts of kindness that improved their overall mental well-being.
The simple act of being kind to friends, family, and even strangers improves the mental state for many of the study participants. Imagine a world where being kind to improve your overall mood because that’s the world that you live in.
Stay Positive
Eliminating negative thoughts from your thought processes keeps your mental wellness elevated. Negative thoughts and thought trains can completely derail your mental health status.
Often people don’t realize that they’ve been caught in a negative thought loop and will continue to obsess about negative thoughts or actions for a long time after an incident has occurred that caused the negative thoughts. Recognizing negative thoughts or changing the internal dialogue to something more positive will help you maintain healthier mental wellness.
Daydream
Many of us have heard that meditation can be associated with positive mental health outcomes. The Canadian Mental Health Association recommends that you give daydreaming a try. Daydreaming about positive events, calming places, beautiful scenery can have the same effect that mindful meditation practices have on mental health status.
There are many people who cannot get into a meditative practice because they find meditation boring, or it conflicts with pre-existing religious views. If you can’t get into meditation, try daydreaming in a relaxing way you could find it gives you the same mental health benefits that meditation would give you.
Get Professional Help If You Need It
There is still a significant stigma in many parts of the world about receiving help for mental wellness issues. Mental Health America recommends that if you are struggling with mental wellness you seek professional help.
Many professionals are trained with coping skills, meditative practices, and relaxation techniques that can help you deal with negative thoughts, anxiety, depression all of which lead to negative mental health status. If you would like to maintain positive mental wellness and find you are struggling, seeking professional help may be the best step for you.
Bottom Line
There many steps that you can take on your own to keep negative thoughts and ideas out of your headspace. Daydreaming, staying positive, practicing kindness, and taking care of your physical health are all ways that can help you maintain positive mental wellness.
Remember there is nothing wrong with seeking professional help if you find that the above suggestions are not enough to help you maintain positive mental health out. If you are struggling, there many local resources that you can contact including state and county health departments that can get you in contact with someone who can help you maintain a positive outlook on life.
Sometimes in order to find the positive all you have to do is hunt the good stuff.
– Scott Blessing