{"id":51020,"date":"2021-09-16T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?p=51020"},"modified":"2023-06-05T06:29:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T10:29:06","slug":"mental-health-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/mental-health-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Mental Health Wellness Mean to You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAwareness,\u201d as defined by Dictionary.com, is \u201cconcern about and well-informed interest in a particular situation or development.\u201d Perhaps the most important aspect of this definition is \u201cwell-informed.\u201d The more you know and understand, the more you can advocate for those who might not be able to advocate for themselves. The only way to create real, substantial change is through awareness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51042 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1299926764-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mental health\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1299926764-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1299926764-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1299926764-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1299926764-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1299926764-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Mental health wellness can impact you, your family, your colleagues, and your customers, and your understanding impacts how you deal with it. What does mental health wellness mean to you? How aware are you of its implications, impact, and effect on lives?<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2>Thoughts on mental health wellness<\/h2>\n<p>The first step in creating mental health wellness for yourself and those around you is understanding what it is. Mental wellness, as a popular term, is still extremely vague. Understanding mental wellness fully relies on an understanding of mental health illness. Once you understand what illness is, its symptoms and causes, you can better grasp what is wellness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Mental wellness is characterized by thinking, feeling, connecting, and functioning in ways that help us be resilient and to grow and flourish. For most, mental wellness means you experience in a healthy manner:<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Mental: How you think, process, understand, and use information<\/li>\n<li>Emotion: How you feel, manage, and express your emotions<\/li>\n<li>Social: How you connect with and grow your relationships with others<\/li>\n<li>Psychological: How you act or function when putting all these pieces together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some thoughts on what mental health wellness means to people just like you:<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Your mental wellness affects everyone around you, from friends and family to community and workplace.<\/li>\n<li>You advocate for mental health by being against its stigma and any prejudice.<\/li>\n<li>You share your own personal experiences, stories, and truths to let others know they\u2019ve not alone.<\/li>\n<li>You accept and understand the medical nature of illness and that recovery is more than telling someone to \u201cget over it.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>You understand the importance of talking about mental health without fear and judgment.<\/li>\n<li>You commit to normalizing mental health and awareness to eliminate the fear people have of mental illness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How you can boost mental health wellness<\/h2>\n<p>First, understand mental health illness symptoms. Be aware of anxiety, depression, OCD, schizophrenia, addictions, suicidal thoughts, and other contributors to mental illness \u2014 in both yourself and others. Cultivate a deep understanding and knowledge of mental health so you know what to look for when supporting your own mental health wellness. Anything you can do to raise awareness contributes not only to your own mental wellness but to others as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51043 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1223105303-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A stressed out employee\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1223105303-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1223105303-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1223105303-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1223105303-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1223105303-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Mental health wellness needs the support of professionals, programs, and medical treatments to ensure mental health illness is treated appropriately. While it\u2019s great to prevent illness, it\u2019s not always possible. To create true wellness programs, we must tackle illness first.\u00a0Here are ways you can help boost mental health wellness in your community:<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Sign up for a mental health screening. Many communities offer mental health screenings where you can check on your mental health. Or you can find a screening near you <a href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/screening-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Pay particular attention to mental health in the workplace. Check your mental health through an employee wellness survey or possibly through surveys offered through your employer&#8217;s health and wellness program.<\/li>\n<li>Share information in your community. Post how to take the free mental health screening at your local gym, yoga studio, health food store, and any other venue you feel is appropriate.<\/li>\n<li>Take time for your own mental health. Don\u2019t overlook your own mental health wellness when advocating for others. Learn how to practice self-care and preserve your mental health.<\/li>\n<li>Become a connoisseur of mental wellness activities and share your knowledge with others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What mental health and wellness should mean to all<\/h2>\n<p>Your mental health and wellness, as well as everyone else&#8217;s, should encompass positive results like:<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Help everyone reach their full potential.<\/li>\n<li>Teach people how to cope with life\u2019s stresses.<\/li>\n<li>Show how everyone can make meaningful contributions to family, friends, and their community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Help family and friends maintain positive mental health<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s always hard to advise family and friends, especially when it comes to mental health wellness. If you can, offer them the following suggestions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Get professional help. Everyone can benefit from a therapist\u2019s input.<\/li>\n<li>Connect with others. Let them know they\u2019re not alone.<\/li>\n<li>Stay positive. Spread the good news to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Get physically active. Physical activities affect mental health as well as physical.<\/li>\n<li>Help others. Focusing on others\u2019 needs helps you focus on someone other than yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Get enough sleep. When not fully rested, we might not make the best decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Develop coping skills. Stress is a killer. Coping skills help you live longer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51044 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1322669233-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people consoling one lady\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1322669233-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1322669233-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1322669233-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1322669233-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1322669233-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2>Final thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>Mental wellness is more than just about having a mental illness. Mental wellness and mental illness aren\u2019t necessarily on a continuum. One doesn\u2019t lead to or prevent the other. Mental health wellness is nuanced and dynamic; it\u2019s best to think of mental illness and mental wellness as two separate continuums. But once you understand mental health illness, you\u2019re in a better position to understand and proactively work on mental health wellness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAwareness,\u201d as defined by Dictionary.com, is \u201cconcern about and well-informed interest in a particular situation or development.\u201d Perhaps the most important aspect of this definition is \u201cwell-informed.\u201d The more you know and understand, the more you can advocate for those who might not be able to advocate for themselves. The only way to create real, substantial change is through awareness. Mental health wellness can impact you, your family, your colleagues, and your customers, and your understanding impacts how you deal with it. What does mental health wellness mean to you? How aware are you of its implications, impact, and effect on lives? Thoughts on mental health wellness The first step in creating mental health wellness for yourself and those around you is understanding what it is. Mental wellness, as a popular term, is still extremely vague. Understanding mental wellness fully relies on an understanding of mental health illness. Once you understand what illness is, its symptoms and causes, you can better grasp what is wellness. Mental wellness is characterized by thinking, feeling, connecting, and functioning in ways that help us be resilient and to grow and flourish. For most, mental wellness means you experience in a healthy manner: Mental: How you think, process, understand, and use information Emotion: How you feel, manage, and express your emotions Social: How you connect with and grow your relationships with others Psychological: How you act or function when putting all these pieces together Here are some thoughts on what mental health wellness means to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":49241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,172],"tags":[164,241,661,385,683],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Does Mental Health Wellness Mean to You? - Sogolytics Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What does mental health wellness mean to you? How aware are you of its implications, impact, and effects? 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