How to Balance your Mental Health.
Tips to Balance your Life,
Mental health means striking a balance in all aspects of
your life. Here are some suggestions to help you find and keep your balance.
Get
involved: Being involved in things that really matter to us
provide a great feeling of purpose and satisfaction. You should always remember
that you make a difference, no matter how big or small your efforts.
Build
healthy self-esteem: Self-esteem is more than just seeing your
good qualities. It is being able to see all your abilities and weaknesses
together, accepting them, and doing your best with what you have.
Build
confidence: Take a good look at your good points. What
do you do best? Where are your skills and interest areas? How would a friend
describe you? Now, look at your weak points. What do you have difficulty doing?
What things make you feel frustrated? Take a look at this list. Remember that
all of us have our positive and negative sides. We let our strengths shine, and
we build on our weak points to help us mature and grow.
Accept
compliments: Many of us confuse having a realistic view
of our good points with conceit. We have trouble accepting kindness from
others. We often shrug off a compliment with a, “Yes, but…” and put ourselves
down. The next time someone compliments you, say, “Thank you! I’m glad you
think so.” Then think about other compliments you have had, and how good they
made you feel.
Make
friends who count: Friends help you understand that you are not
alone. They help you by sharing your “ups” and “downs”, and you in turn help
them. Together, you and your friends share life’s challenges and celebrate
life’s joys.
Take
a five-minute vacation: Each day, set aside five minutes for a
mental health break. Close your door or go into another room, and day-dream
about a place, person or idea, or think about nothing at all! You will feel
like you have been on a mini-vacation.
Cope
with changes that affect you: It would be nice to “live
happily ever after”, but there will always be challenges in our lives. Dealing
with these unexpected (and often unwanted) changes can be stressful, so we need
to be flexible and learn ways to cope.
Deal
with your emotions: We are all challenged to find safe and
constructive ways to express and share our feelings of anger, sadness, joy and
fear. Your ways of experiencing and expressing emotions are unique because you
are unique.
Have
a spirituality to call your own: Learn to be at peace with
yourself. Get to know who you are: what makes you really happy, what you are
really passionate about. Learn to balance what you are able to change about
yourself with what you cannot change. Get to know and trust your inner self.
Spend
quality time with yourself: Set aside time to be totally alone. Do
a breathing exercise – try counting your breaths from one to four, then start
at one again. Or do something you love to do – whatever works for you!
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