Essay About Mental Health

Do you take time from your day to take care of yourself? I’m not only talking about physical health, but more specifically on mental health. Often our own mental health is overlooked. However, it is very important to learn about your mental health. Having knowledge about different mental illnesses, like depression and anxiety, can change the way you live your everyday life. It can help not only yourself, but also your perspective for people around you. I believe in taking care of your mental health. When you’re younger and somebody ask if you are healthy you automatically think of exercising, eating the right food, playing sports, etcetera. It wasn’t until middle school when I started to realize that I stress more about things that kids

Slowly I began developed coping mechanisms that reduced my anxiety. I opened up about how I was thinking to the people closest to me. The people that I talked to help me realize that little things do not matter and that there is no reason to worry about the stuff that people do not notice. The advice of my family and friends helped me dropped all the unnecessary stress that I was putting on myself. Once I talked to people, I began to list small mental goals that helped me overcome my anxiety. Every time I would overthink, I told myself repeatedly that it was unnecessary. The biggest thing however, was reminding myself of where I was mentally the year before. That gave me motivation to change myself for the better. Finding a motivation was the most helpful in changing my mindset. You always have to look for the good in everything, no matter how bad it may seem at the moment. Finding the good in those bad moments will really help you improve. I told myself that I was not going to go back to be mentally unhealthy. I wanted to be able to relax and not have a constant sense of anxiety on my shoulders, so that’s what I did. I changed, and slowly but surely my mental health started to improve. Everyone is different. What worked for me may not work for others. However, expressing the importance of mental health can help

I can completely change how you go about your day for the good or the bad. It is important for you to know that your mental health is just as important as your physical health. If you have bad mental health then you can do some things like; talk to people close to you and set personal goals, to help give yourself that peace of mind. It sometimes takes a long time to realize if you're healthy or not. But once you do, it's important to improve yourself and find coping mechanisms that help you reach your goals. I believe that everyone's mental health is just as important as their physical