Ahmed Shaami
Defining mentally healthy is being in a place where you are thriving more days than not which gives permission to have bad days that don’t have to lead to a lousy life. But remaining mentally healthy is a goal that you look towards on daily basis but there are many habits that unknowingly influence your level of mental stability. Mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, it is everyone’s business.
Following are the habits that can help you to create a huge impact on your mental health:
Practicing meditation:
In today’s world, there is no denying that meditation has gone main stream. Now, really posh studios for meditation have been built in every city and even the smartphone has apps that help you find peace anytime and anywhere. Practicing meditation with a goal for becoming more mindful focused, and accepting the present, is a great way to relieve stress. But meditation is a lot more powerful than what you think because it can have a huge impact on your mental health in several ways. It reduces stress, manages anxiety, and depression.
Workout:
Exercise or workout is one of the most important factors for maintaining your physical health. An exercise is shown to be even more powerful than the anti-depressants that are available all around the world because it fights all kinds of depressive symptoms. It helps to release endorphins which is a hormone produced by the central nervous system for improving your state of mind in numerous ways.
Eating a healthy diet:
You may be surprised but your diet is the most important factor in improving your mental health. More amount of processed food can increase anxiety and depression. But if you eat more of unprocessed food such as fruits, vegetables, and pulses can help you make you strong as mentally healthy.
Less usage of smartphones:
There are always some positives and negatives of using particular things, but when it comes to smartphones, it is more on the negative side. No doubt it is a good way of connecting you with your loved ones but it does more harm than just good. Recent studies have proven that smartphone usage can negatively impacts your mental health and can lead to severe depression. It increases the chances of getting sleep disorders and increased stress levels. Therefore, keep your smartphone usage to a minimum level and meet people face to face rather than staying connected through the phone.
Getting enough sleep:
Lack of sleep can adversely affect your ability to think clearly, hampers your memory, and worsens the depressive symptoms. Not getting enough sleep can create more harm to the pre-existing mental health conditions. But getting enough sleep has several positive impacts on your mental health which includes increased energy, improved brain performance, and having more self-control.
