Time and again, experts and psychologists insist on the importance of having a positive mindset. Their insistence is based on the proven fact that mental well-being is highly essential for physical well-being. By having a negative attitude, you become susceptible to many health problems.
Further, it has also been proved that positive-minded people are more efficient in their work than negative-minded people. They become less prone to illnesses because they possess a sense of well-being. They maintain excellent relationships with every one. Their confidence level is quite high and hence, they feel that they can achieve anything in this world.
But, statistics show that one in four people experience some mental health problem or the other every year. Experts have found out that the root causes for this problem are anxiety and feeling low about themselves. These mental health problems are similar to physical problems. When we are sick, our body fights the illness and similarly, when we are having mental health problems, we should develop our mental strength to fight the problems related to our mental health.
There are certain common mental health problems:
- Depression is one of the commonest mental health problems. Feeling sad for more than a few weeks is called depression. When you feel depressed, you may feel that whatever that is happening around you makes your situations helpless and hopeless. You may not be able to enjoy even joyous things that are happening. You may be unable to sleep or eat well. Some people may also cry without any reason. It is highly imperative that you should take immediate treatment for overcoming this problem. There are certain medications and psychotherapies available for solving this problem.
- Some people may get affected by panic and anxiety disorders, due to which they experience inexplicable fear. This fear may be accompanied by a lot of perspiration, chest pain, breathing trouble and dizziness. A few other people may also experience palpitations, nausea and headache. They may fear everything without any reason and will not be able to explain the reason for their fear. Counseling by experts and cognitive restructuring will help these patients. They should be counseled to divert their anxious thoughts by rational interpretations and this is possible only with the help of psychological experts.
- There is another problem called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is also an anxiety disorder due to which the affected individual will experience extreme suffering caused by unwanted repetitive thoughts. If the individual is not treated on time, the problem may become worse. An example of this behavior is a person constantly worrying about things like getting infected by germs or becoming sick by having unclean hands, other unclean habits and so on. Counseling by an expert and appropriate medications will help to cure this problem.
- A major mental health problem is Schizophrenia. The individuals affected by this problem interprets situations in an abnormal manner. Due to such an extreme thinking, they have hallucinations and delusions and these things will make them behave abnormally. Some people affected by this may withdraw themselves from others and all activities. They live in a different world which will be controlled by psychosis. Psychotherapy done continuously and consistently and medications will help these people to come out of this problem. The treatment process may take a long time, depending upon the severity of the nature of the problem.
There are several other mental health problems but you should understand that all these problems happen due to mental stress and not having a practical approach to life. As Dale Carnegie and other experts suggest, if we compartmentalize our days and have a practical and positive approach to our lives, such problems will not arise at all in our lives.
Further, it has also been proved that positive-minded people are more efficient in their work than negative-minded people. They become less prone to illnesses because they possess a sense of well-being. They maintain excellent relationships with every one. Their confidence level is quite high and hence, they feel that they can achieve anything in this world.
But, statistics show that one in four people experience some mental health problem or the other every year. Experts have found out that the root causes for this problem are anxiety and feeling low about themselves. These mental health problems are similar to physical problems. When we are sick, our body fights the illness and similarly, when we are having mental health problems, we should develop our mental strength to fight the problems related to our mental health.
There are certain common mental health problems:
- Depression is one of the commonest mental health problems. Feeling sad for more than a few weeks is called depression. When you feel depressed, you may feel that whatever that is happening around you makes your situations helpless and hopeless. You may not be able to enjoy even joyous things that are happening. You may be unable to sleep or eat well. Some people may also cry without any reason. It is highly imperative that you should take immediate treatment for overcoming this problem. There are certain medications and psychotherapies available for solving this problem.
- Some people may get affected by panic and anxiety disorders, due to which they experience inexplicable fear. This fear may be accompanied by a lot of perspiration, chest pain, breathing trouble and dizziness. A few other people may also experience palpitations, nausea and headache. They may fear everything without any reason and will not be able to explain the reason for their fear. Counseling by experts and cognitive restructuring will help these patients. They should be counseled to divert their anxious thoughts by rational interpretations and this is possible only with the help of psychological experts.
- There is another problem called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is also an anxiety disorder due to which the affected individual will experience extreme suffering caused by unwanted repetitive thoughts. If the individual is not treated on time, the problem may become worse. An example of this behavior is a person constantly worrying about things like getting infected by germs or becoming sick by having unclean hands, other unclean habits and so on. Counseling by an expert and appropriate medications will help to cure this problem.
- A major mental health problem is Schizophrenia. The individuals affected by this problem interprets situations in an abnormal manner. Due to such an extreme thinking, they have hallucinations and delusions and these things will make them behave abnormally. Some people affected by this may withdraw themselves from others and all activities. They live in a different world which will be controlled by psychosis. Psychotherapy done continuously and consistently and medications will help these people to come out of this problem. The treatment process may take a long time, depending upon the severity of the nature of the problem.
There are several other mental health problems but you should understand that all these problems happen due to mental stress and not having a practical approach to life. As Dale Carnegie and other experts suggest, if we compartmentalize our days and have a practical and positive approach to our lives, such problems will not arise at all in our lives.
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