let’s talk mental health
IS MENTAL HEALTH AS IMPORTANT AS PHYSICAL HEALTH?
Mental Health isn’t just the absence of mental illness.[4] It exists on a spectrum and can look different for different individuals.[4] It is a feeling of well-being that helps people tackle stress, perform well at school and work, realise their potential, seek meaningful relationships, make healthy decisions, and contribute to the community at large.[4]
It aids in living life to the fullest, with all its highs and lows. Mental Health affects how an individual thinks, behaves, feels and interacts with others.[5] Various biological, social and psychological factors can affect a person’s mental health. Mental Health is a human right.
Mental Health is essential to overall well-being, but is it as important as physical health?
The simple answer is: Yes.
In fact, experts have questioned if there is such a divide at all. Let’s delve a little deeper.
What does the word ‘emotion’ mean to you?
Something that purely resides in your mind? Something you should push away or ‘think’ your way out of?
The answer to both, is- No. Your body feels various emotions.[6]
Not convinced?
Answer the following questions:
- Sat across your crush and FELT those butterflies in your stomach?
- Seen a sad movie and FELT heavy in the chest?
- FELT heartbroken?
Have you ever [7]:
We reckon, your answer to all the above is- Yes.
It’s no surprise. Your mind and body are intricately connected. They influence each other. It is a two-way street. They ‘talk’ to each other in a silent symphony. When the balance goes askew, it’s like being rudely shaken awake from a reverie.