Mental health stuff...

When we look at my last post, it seems like my mental health at some point went pretty low, isn’t it? Yeah, and its not a good idea to keep it that low. Why? Because having an unhealthy mental will only bring harm to you, and the people around you. Maybe that’s why I look like a funny person.

According to the mental health website from the United States, Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. The problems around it comes from biological factors, life experiences, and family history. Mental health is common and there’s a lot of ways to get help.

Nowadays, mental health is really common. People all over the world gets some amount of mental unhealthiness one way or another, especially the newest generation of humanity, the Gen Z. There has been some news that says Gen Z is the most depressed. This means that the Generation Z is the one that has the most mental health problems, sourced by the CHC Resource library. Memes and jokes about death and suicide is really common in the internet these days.

According to the information regarding Gen Z’ mental health problems, we should find a way to decrease the statistics. We need to find out that our mental health is the utmost importance too. Having a good mental healthiness should help us in doing everyday tasks, being productive, coping with the hijinks of life, and communicate with other people. Now, we could try some of the ways to improve our mental health such as these:

The US mental health website (www.mentalhealth.gov) recommends the following: Getting professional help, connecting with others, staying positive, getting physically active, helping others and getting enough sleep. The UK mental health website (www.mentalhealth.org.uk) also suggests: talking about your feelings, exercise, eat well, keeping in touch, asking for help, taking a break, cultivating a hobby, and developing self-acceptance. Another psychology website, Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com) also adds: being focused, being positive, being open, and helping each other.

Currently, within these harsh times during the Covid Pandemic, people have been adapting as hard as they can to survive. They also need to keep their mental health at acceptable, or even great levels. Even though mental health problems statistics are going up, we also should fight it to get it lower and get mental healthiness go up. According to KFF (www.kff.org) tracking poll,   53% of adults in the United States reported that their mental health has been negatively impacted due to worry and stress over the coronavirus. This is significantly higher than the 32% reported in March, the first time this question was included in KFF polling. Many adults are also reporting specific negative impacts on their mental health and wellbeing, such as difficulty sleeping (36%) or eating (32%), increases in alcohol consumption or substance use (12%), and worsening chronic conditions (12%), due to worry and stress over the coronavirus. As the pandemic wears on, ongoing and necessary public health measures expose many people to experiencing situations linked to poor mental health outcomes, such as isolation and job loss. We should do the recommendation from various websites above to help our mental health.

Personally, I play games, read books, and listen to livestreams of my favorite people in the internet. They have kept my mental health in ok levels for a long time. Yep, having a hobby really helps taking care of your mental health. The saying when the going gets tough, the tough gets going really shows in these Covid times.