{"id":2721,"date":"2020-09-30T14:15:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequest.org.np\/shop\/?p=2721&preview=true&preview_id=2721"},"modified":"2020-09-30T14:15:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:30:05","slug":"mending-mental-maladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/blog\/mending-mental-maladies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mending Mental Maladies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mental and physical health both are equally important for us to live a happy and healthy lifestyle. People are aware that physical fitness is very important, but still a huge number of population are not aware that mental health too is important. Mental health also plays a vital role in bringing peace and happiness in life and relationships.<\/p>\n

What is mental health?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mental health is a state of being emotionally, psychologically and socially well. It affects our thought processes, our feelings which in turn affects how we act in our day-to-day life.<\/p>\n

Our mental health plays a vital role to increase our productivity and effectiveness in everyday work. It also promotes tour decision-making capability.<\/p>\n

What factors then affect our mental health?<\/p>\n

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  1. Genes or the brain chemistry<\/li>\n
  2. Life Experiences<\/li>\n
  3. Family Mental History<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What are the possible signs of mental health problems?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The signs and symptoms differ in each case of mental health problems. Here are some behaviors that can be warning signs.<\/p>\n

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    1. \u00a0Too much or too less sleeping and eating pattern<\/li>\n
    2. \u00a0Always feeling exhausted<\/li>\n
    3. \u00a0Numbness or feeling like nothing matters<\/li>\n
    4. \u00a0Feeling helpless or hopeless<\/li>\n
    5. \u00a0Excessive smoking, drinking or using drugs than the usual<\/li>\n
    6. \u00a0Excessive mood swings<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Besides above mentioned list, some also tend to face the following:<\/p>\n

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      1. Having thoughts that you can’t get out of your head<\/li>\n
      2. Thinking of harming yourself<\/li>\n
      3. Inability to perform daily task<\/li>\n
      4. Getting away from people and usual activities<\/li>\n
      5. Unexplained aches and pains.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        How to maintain positive mental health?<\/strong><\/p>\n

        You can connect with your friends and families who understands you or you can take doctor’s consultations.\u00a0Some other things you can do are:<\/p>\n

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        1. Do regular exercise<\/li>\n
        2. Eat healthy and have balanced diet<\/li>\n
        3. Remember the things you are grateful for<\/li>\n
        4. Meditate<\/li>\n
        5. Get a sound sleep<\/li>\n
        6. Develop a coping skill<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Take a good care of your mental health. Your mental health matters, not only to others, but foremost to yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          There is nothing wrong with opening up about your mental health. Let’s create a world where you can openly talk about the mental issues. Share with your loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":2720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[622],"tags":[596],"class_list":["post-2721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-self-help","tag-mental-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/mental-health-556bdc48.jpg?fit=760%2C436","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0y3h-HT","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2739,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions\/2739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}