Whether you are a grown up or a child, a student or a parent, a home maker or a working woman, bachelor or married, there is so much that happens between the space between two ears and there is so less that we do to take care of our most important part called brain. To create more awareness about this less talked about but important aspect of our life we organised a group discussion on 17.06.2017 in the pristine environment of forest hill apartment near Rajaji national park, Dehradun. Here are some important points that emerged after the useful discussion.
- The way we react to situations
- How we think
- Till what extent do we think about an issue or a topic or a situation
- Mental health is, 'knowing what is right and what is wrong'
- Mental health is, 'to be able to take a stand for the right thing in spite of any kind of negative influence'
- Mental health is also about our habits
How can we know if an individual(myself included)is mentally healthy or not?
- We can know this by our behaviour. If an individual's behaviour tends to mostly hurt people around him/her then he/she doesn't have a sound mental health.
- Clarity about rights and wrongs - 'If an individual is not have clear set of rights and wrongs then he/she is not in a sound mental health, because rights and wrongs determine our decisions and actions.'
- Good body language is also an important aspect of sound mental health.
- If I am creating less problems to most people then I am having good mental health
- If I do not get influenced by other people to do wrong things
- When I am able to think with a cool mind
- When I am clear about what is right and what is wrong
The price that we pay by not taking care of our mental health
- We hurt others
- Loose relationships
- Unable to work to our potential
- Loose peace of mind
- Social isolation
- Loose our identity by getting mixed up in the crowd and by following them blindly(this happens when we do not have a clear sense of right and wrong worked out our self)
- We restrict our self(for example - one participant said that he has restricted himself to talk to other girls after facing a breakup)
- Disappoint our self and others.
Factors affecting mental health
- Environment
- Friends and family
- Quality of relationships
- Quality of education
- Certain incidents/situations
- Religion
- Conditioning
- Pressure
- Trauma
- Society
- Media
- Internet
- Attraction towards opposite sex
- Physical injury
- Prolonged illness
- Financial crisis
- Meeting new people
- Exploring new places
- Upbringing
Most important factor influencing our mental health
- Upbringing
- Education and environment
- Quality of relationships
The group also discussed about people who in spite of having non congenial environment and prolonged illness display sound mental health. What is it that makes is possible is still to be discussed.
Thanks for reading this article, inputs and ideas from the readers end will be highly appreciable. We at Tvam provide Non Directive Counselling Therapy, Mediation, Healing, Yoga courses, Life Coaching and other services to foster sound mental health in individuals and organisations. For more details please visit :
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