Written by: Simone Shree Pathak - 2023012, Grade IX
Posted on: 27 August, 2020
Mental health plays a vital role in a person’s daily life. It basically refers to a person’s psychological and emotional wellbeing. It is regarded as very important since a person’s health condition is concerned with it. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health includes “subjective well-being, perceived self-efficiency, autonomy, competence, intergenerational dependence, and self-actualization of one’s intellectual and emotional potential, among others." It further states that the well-being of an individual is encompassed in the realization of their abilities coping with normal stresses of the life productive work and contribution to their community.
When mental health deteriorates, the health condition of our body itself deteriorates resulting in us having problems in day-to-day lives. When mental health is ill, one can get several types of mental illnesses which are obviously harmful to our body. The symptoms of deteriorating mental health include anxiety, mood swings, stress, etc. With the small symptoms of mental health can get even more severe. When one is mentally ill, Their behavior and thoughts change. They become even more distant from people. Mental health can make our life really complicated and it can cause problems in our daily life due to the malfunctioning of the brain. The first symptoms include the feeling of sadness, social distancing, aggressiveness, and others. This can lead to more severe mental illnesses like Depression, Bipolar disorder, Paranoia, Eating disorders, etc.
In this era, many people have mental health concerns from time to time. Especially teens and young adults have been suffering from mental illnesses regarding stress and anxiety. There are various risk factors when one is suffering from mental illness. For example, one can have traumatic experiences and they can also ruin their relationships with their family friends. In many cases, one can also cause self-harm and can suffer from poverty. Obviously one will get better if they go do therapy from the psychologist. Mental health also provokes other physical diseases. So it is best to stay in our best mental shape.
It is still preferably better if one goes for a check-up from time to time without neglecting their mental health. And even if one is suffering from the symptoms it is better to get help and open up from the early symptoms before it gets severe and one should also love themselves and take good care of their health. And even we can spread awareness about our mental health along with its importance in daily life.
