Caring for Your Mental Health

Mental health includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, act, make choices, and relate to others. Mental health is more than the absence of a mental illness—it’s essential to your overall health and quality of life. Self-care can play a role in maintaining your mental health and help support your treatment and recovery if you have a mental illness.

About Self-Care
Self-care means taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health. When it comes to your mental health, self-care can help you manage stress, lower your risk of illness, and increase your energy. Even small acts of self-care in your daily life can have a big impact.

Here are some tips to help you get started with self-care:

Get regular exercise.

Just 30 minutes of walking every day can help boost your mood and improve your health. Small amounts of exercise add up, so don’t be discouraged if you can’t do 30 minutes at one time.

Eat healthy, regular meals and stay hydrated. A balanced diet and plenty of water can improve your energy and focus throughout the day. Also, limit caffeinated beverages such as soft drinks or coffee.

Make sleep a priority. Stick to a schedule, and make sure you’re getting enough sleep. Blue light from devices and screens can make it harder to fall asleep, so reduce blue light exposure from your phone or computer before bedtime.

Try a relaxing activity. Explore relaxation or wellness programs or apps, which may incorporate meditation, muscle relaxation, or breathing exercises. Schedule regular times for these and other healthy activities you enjoy such as journaling.

Good Friends Are Good for Your Health

Good friends are good for your health. Friends can help you celebrate the good times and provide support in the bad times. Friends prevent isolation and loneliness and give you the opportunity to make your friends want to. Friends can also:

Increase your sense of ownership and purpose
Increase your happiness and reduce your stress
Improve confidence and self-esteem
Help you cope with stress, such as divorce, serious illness, unemployment, or the death of a loved one
Encourage you to change or avoid unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as excessive alcohol consumption or lack of exercise
Friends also play an important role in improving your overall health. Adults with strong social ties have a reduced risk of many important health problems, including depression, high blood pressure, and unhealthy body mass index (BMI). In fact, studies have shown that older people who have meaningful and supportive relationships can live longer than their peers who have less relationships.

Many adults find it difficult to develop new friendships or to maintain friendships. Friends may take priority over other priorities, such as work or caring for children or elderly parents. You and your friends may drift away due to changes in your life or interests. Or maybe you just moved to a new city and haven’t found a way to meet people.

Developing and maintaining good friendships takes effort. However, the happiness and comfort that friendship can provide, makes the money worth it.

Quality is more important than quantity. Although it can be good to develop a diverse network of friends and acquaintances, you can feel a sense of belonging and greater well-being by developing close and meaningful relationships that will support you through and big and important.

It is possible to develop friendships with people who are already part of your social network. Think about the people you have interacted with, even casually, who have had a positive impact.

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