What is Mental Health ?

Mental health is something we all need. It is a feeling of well-being, happiness, the ability to cope with life’s challenges, to accept others and most of all, to have a positive attitude towards oneself.

Mentally healthy people trust others and enjoy being part of a group as well as being on their own. For them, life is meaningful.

However, there is no line that neatly divides the mentally healthy from the unhealthy. There are many degrees of mental health. No single characteristics can be taken as evidence of good mental health and nobody has all the traits of good mental health all the time.

Mental health includes: 
  • How you feel about yourself 
  • How you feel about other people
  • How you are able to handle the demands of life 
One way of describing mental health is to describe mentally healthy people.

Some characteristics of mentally healthy people:
  • They fell good about themselves and…

    • Are able to deal with most situations.
    • Are able to take pleasure in simple, everyday things.
    • Are able to handle life’s disappointments.
    • Have self-respect.
    • Neither under-estimate nor over-estimate their abilities.
       
  • They feel comfortable with other people and…

    • Are able to give love to others.
    • Have lasting personal relationships.
    • Respect the many differences they find in other people.
    • Are able to feel they are part of a group.
    • Do not take advantage of others nor allow others to take advantage of them.
       
  • They are able to meet the demands of life and they…
      
    • Set realistic goals for themselves.
    • Are able to make their own decisions.
    • Accept their responsibilities.
    • Plan ahead and look forward to the future.
    • Welcome new experiences and ideas.
    • Are satisfied in putting their best effort into what they do.

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