The Importance of Mental Health
The Importance of Mental Health
The Importance of Mental Health
Mental health is very important at every stage of our life, from childhood and
adolescence through adulthood and even until we get old. Mental health is the state of
an individual who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral
adjustment. It affects how we think, act and feel. Also, it helps to determine how we
handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Over the course of your life, if you
are experiencing mental health problems, your thinking, mood, and behavior could be
affected in many significant ways. The three main factors that can affect our mental
health include our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Our emotional,
psychological, and social well-being have different variables that contribute to mental
health problems, which are biological factors such as genes, or brain chemistry, life
experiences such as abuse, and family history of mental health problems. That is why
the importance of mental health is the main topic of this essay.
When it comes to our mental health, our emotional well-being plays a big part. Our
emotional well-being consists of being confident, optimistic, and able to cope with the
ups and downs of life. Anger, resentment, fear, anxiety, and frustration are emotional
states that a lot of people can experience regularly but try to avoid as much as
possible. If an individual keeps having negative emotions this can affect their mental
health in the long run. These negative emotional states can create extra stress in your
body and mind that can lead to health issues if the stress becomes chronic or
overwhelming. If an individual is emotionally suffering then physical health can
suffer too. For example, research shows that emotional distress creates susceptibility
to physical illnesses like digestive disorders (gastrointestinal problems), sleep
disturbances, and general lack of energy. It can even increase susceptibility to viral
infection, and stress from lack of control in the workplace or from life events which
can even create susceptibility to cardiovascular disease. The implications of decreased
emotional well-being are related to mental health concerns such as stress, depression,
and anxiety. Sadness and anxiety are normal emotions that help alert us to, protect us
from, and cause us to react, which is in fact absolutely healthy but What is not healthy
is when these feelings become excessive, ongoing, irrational, distressing, and interfere
with our daily life.