The bond between man’s mental and physical health is very deep. If a man’s mental health becomes unsound , he also faces physical sickness.
We all understand our physical health ailments but do not easily understand our mental health condition. If we become mentally disturbed due to mental instability when we take various wrong steps.
For staying mentally and physically healthy, we must always remember to take care of our mental health. In our busy lives, most of us take care of our physical health, however, forget to take care of our mental health. Due to this reason, mental disorders among people are increasing day by day.
Recently In October, a report titled ‘Country Paper on Mental Health-Bangladesh’ was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
The report said, “In which about 19 adults out of 100 of the total adult population of our country have been affected by various types of mental disorders.”
Also according to reports, “the prevalence of mental illness has further increased due to the pandemic corona.”
There are some habits we should follow regularly to maintain our good mental health.
10 effective tips for Sound Mental Health.
- Doing any work in an easy way
Work simply and beautifully. We often complicate simple tasks without understanding the work. Which is the cause of our stress. If we understand the task, and how to solve this task simply, then we can feel a mental well-being. Our mental complexity is the habit of doing things in simple ways. So keeps our mind free from anxiety and stress
- Get enough sleep
Adequate sleep is very important for our body and mind. If we don’t sleep enough, our mental and physical problems have been increasing day by day. Various worries and ill thoughts get stuck in our heads, which causes mental complications.
So, we should get as much sleep as possible. Various chemical reactions such as electrons and atoms take place in our bodies. These chemicals can work better with proper rest and sleep.These substances cannot work properly if there is not enough sleep. As a result of which various mental complications start which results in feeling depressed and anxious.
So there is no substitute for adequate sleep to keep our mental health good.
- Eating enough nutritious food
We should eat enough nutritious food. Because nutritious food not only keeps our physical structure good but also keeps our mental structure beautiful and healthy. Nutritious foods contain adequate amounts of vitamins, iron, and water. Which works for physical and mental improvement. Lack of enough nutrients in the body such as iron, vitamins, and water, causes many problems mentally.
Lack of nutritious food makes our mood irritable. A balanced diet maintains our mental stability. So we should always eat balanced and nutritious food to keep our mental health healthy.
- Keep yourself away from worries and negativity
All of us are constantly under pressure in our regular lives. That is why we should overthink it. So you need to know some important steps to solve the problem, through which you can handle stress easily. If you can’t do that, you will soon become mentally ill.
That is why we should make a list of the problems that we face in all the activities of our daily life. Then find ways to solve those problems.
Try to keep away from negativity and violence. It also disappears our mental stability There is no need to make your mental problems by imagining unnecessarily. This will only increase your anxiety and nothing else.
- Transforming anxiety into good action and self-development
Try to avoid anxiety. We only harm our mental health by worrying and nothing else. If you can turn your anxiety into action, you’ll be fine. So we should convert our anxiety into action.
By giving yourself time, these aimless tasks and thoughts will not come to mind. You have to find the place of your work skills. It is possible to stay mentally healthy if you try to tidy yourself up instead of living a messy life. It is very important that we keep our aim fixed and make good use of time, deploying man’s power in worthy work.
- Avoiding smoking, alcohol, and drugs
Most of us get addicted to smoke and drugs when we are mentally broken. We thought that it reduces our depression.In reality, they do not reduce our depression but start increasing various physical and mental complications.
This drug addiction causes adverse effects on the body and mind. Excessive drinking for a long time can cause a deficiency of the substance called thiamine in the body. Moreover, if we smoke and become addicted to it, the nicotine in it damages both our body and brain. Also, smoking causes cancer and It’s harmful to our body.
So,if you keep yourself away from drugs and smoking, it keeps you physically and mentally healthy.
- Do what you like most
We should think about the things we like to do. These will help us to come out from mental anxiety. We all have different hobbies.There is a deep connection between hobbies and feelings. We have a certain and desirable degree of control over ourselves. So give importance to hobbies or favorite work.
If you like traveling, shopping, singing, or painting, do it. When you start doing things that make you feel good, you will feel better.According to experts, people who compulsively suppress their pleasures are more likely to develop irritable moods. So give priority to your likes and hobbies to stay mentally healthy.
- Try to be humble and more communicate
Be humble with everyone and talk with everyone as a gentleman. We need to increase our tendency to mix with others. As a result of our tendency to discuss or talk with others’ that increases our range of knowledge. So, try to maintain good relations with everyone.
Several Reports have shown that just 10 minutes of talking to others can improve memory and test scores!
So you have to try more and more to increase your communication skills and humbleness with people।
- Passion to help others
When we help someone, we feel a different kind of feeling of well-being.
So, try to develop a desire to help others. Buying a meal or cloth for a poor person or helping a poor person with a small amount of money automatically improves our mood.
As a result of this, he will get full benefits as well as get peace of mind. So we should not be disappointed about any issue but create awareness about the problems of the people outside the society.
- Taking help from others
If we feel mentally anxious then we should need to take help from others. You have to share your illness and difficulties with everyone. Especially, we should share with our family.
In conclusion, As the human body is not always healthy, our mind is not always healthy. So we should do counseling if we feel stressed, it is possible to end the mental pain with the help of a psychiatrist. Besides, we should develop some good habits by removing anxiety and mental complications. These will bring peace of mind as well as reduce stress.
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Joy Barua
Intern
Content Writing Department, YSSE