Five steps can help you improve your mental health and well-being, according to research. If you try these things, you might feel more positive and able to get the most out of life.
Mental health affects us and everyone around us. Having a negative mental attitude is problematic for us and the people around us. Whereas promoting a positive mental attitude in ourselves helps create a positive atmosphere with the people around us. Positive mental well-being can be promoted in many ways, but at least we can follow these five steps:
- Practice having good relationships –
It is important for us to establish positive and healthy relationships with the people around us. Whether it be a romantic relationship, friendship, or relationship with a family member, we should always look to create a positive environment. Because the people around us heavily influence our mood and mental health.
- Learn to deal with things that stress you out –
Everyone has things that stress them out. We should identify the things that stress us out and work on them. We know, it’s hard not to stress about certain things but we should learn to control our stress so that it doesn’t leave a toll on our mental health.
- Be physically active –
Being physically active has been shown to be effective in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. Taking time out to meditate or even go for a walk can help create a positive mental attitude. It is also important to create a healthy sleep schedule.
- Quitting bad practices and eating healthy –
A lot of us tend to smoke whenever we feel anxious or stressed. Although nicotine and other substances provide temporary relief it has a serious negative impact on both our physical and mental health in the long run. It is better to avoid these practices. We should also try to eat healthy as it influences our positive mental and physical health.
- Make positive contributions –
It is important for everyone to give back to society. Helping others in need can bring a certain satisfaction to oneself. If you can help yourself by helping others it can act as a very big mental push. Additionally, it also motivates the people around you to give back to society.
If you can stay positive yourself and keep positive people around you, it will automatically promote your mental well-being. Any psychotherapist & Mental health counsellor will suggest the same thing. If you still need help keeping yourself positive, ‘Chum Wellness’ can be a leading example when it comes to providing professional mental health services in Bangladesh.
Sharmin Akter Shetu – a graduate Psychologist and Psychotherapist in Bangladesh. She’s been trained for Psychotherapy (PG), Neuro Linguistic Programme (NLP), Transactional Analysis (TA), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Systemic Family & Couple Therapy (SFCT), Psychodrama, Mindfulness, mh-GAP, Psychological First Aid (PFA), Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) etc.
She also has multiple Assessment Experience including;
» Stress measurement Scale.
» Anxiety measurement Scale.
» Hopelessness measurement Scale.
» Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children (WISC-IV).
» Wechsler Pre-School & Primary Scales of Intelligence (WPPSI-III) (Senior & Junior).
» Independent Behavior Assessment Scale (IBAS).
» RENELL Zinkin scales of Development for Young visually handicapped Children (RZS).
» BAYLEY Scales of Infant Development (BSID-II).
» Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule (ADOS -2).
» Stanford Binet Intelligent Test.
» Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT)