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Important to Know: What Affects Our Mental Health
11.09.2023 17:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:23
More people in the United States are living with mental and emotional disorders: in 2019, approximately 19.86% of adults in the United States had a mental disorder.
Why mental health can be impaired
Mental health can be impaired for various reasons: long-term stress, family problems, personal grief, even a traumatic brain injury can lead to this kind of problem.
What worsens mental health
Feelings of anxiety, constant stress and worries can lead to deterioration in health.
People who take care of their mental health tend to achieve greater success, both professionally and personally.
Mental health is important in terms of communication, especially in the family.
How to understand that you have mental health problems
WHO has identified the following criteria for mental health: Constancy, identity of one’s own “I” at the mental and physical level.
A person with a healthy psyche always feels like himself, is aware of who he is, what he is doing and why, and where he is.
Where do mental problems come from
The causes of mental problems are often combined - a person is stressed, the body is weakened by infection or overload, there was once an injury, a relative suffers from a disorder (a burdened family history).
The importance of each of these factors should be assessed by an experienced psychotherapist.
