“Something that we all know about Death is that it is inevitable.
But, to be buried alive is something none of us would want to go through and yet unknowingly a part of us goes through it everyday in the form of voices that scream in our heads, for they refuse to be buried. – THE ZARIYA ”
Mental Health is a commonly misunderstood expression used by most people yet simultaneously not so common in terms of its actual meaning.
Where mental health focuses on feeling good and functioning well, mental health conditions on the other hand represent symptoms that affect people’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Mental Health in its complete glory is a state of well-being in which every individual indulges in an exploration of different horizons that eventually help them in discovering their hidden potentials, strengths and coping strategies. The art of mental health focuses on the aspect of moulding ones weaknesses and channelising them in different directions where they can be used as their power to overcome daily stresses of life.
Rather than focusing on “WHATS THE PROBLEM?” mental health is more about “WHAT IS GOING WELL?”
WHY MENTAL HEALTH
My question here is why not?
As humans we tend to ignore things we can’t see, even though the feeling might paralyze us mentally we still refuse to acknowledge its existence.
Is it worth putting ourselves through the darkness?
Is it worth questioning ourselves everyday?
Is the isolation worth to be fed by being quiet about it?
In Indian, WHO estimates that the burden of mental health problems is of the tune of 2,443 DALYs per 100,000 population, and the age-adjusted suicide rate per 100,000 population is 21.1. It is estimated that, in India, the economic loss, due to mental health conditions, between 2012-2030, is 1.03 trillions of 2010 dollars.
A Disorder is not a Decision and neither are the various stresses that one goes through in their everyday lives is. But, giving yourself the chance to come out of it or to prevent it all together by practising mental health is.
Researches show that high levels of mental health are associated with Increased Learning,
Creativity and Productivity,
Pro- Social Behaviour
Positive Social Relationships
And Improved Physical Health and Life Expectancy.
Mental Health is the light to the darkness that resides with in all of us and occasionally surfaces in the form of triggers of breakdowns, maladaptive coping strategies and disorders. It is what provides us the pathway to look beyond the blues probing us to thrive not only in the joys but also the various eccentricities of life.
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