I will start with a question how often do you think about your mental health wellness? Is it as regular as thinking about your body health. We all know that 99% of us gives important to physical health rather than mental health.
Mental health disorders affect over 1 billion people worldwide, yet more than 70% lack access to treatment. Stigma, poor screening systems, shortage of psychiatrists, and cost barriers worsen the situation and leads to widening the treatment gap. In recent years, rising inflation, unstable job markets, climate change, anxiety, mobile addiction and post-pandemic trauma have contributed to a noticeable surge in depression and anxiety even among healthy young adults and working professionals.
Recent advances in mental health therapy has introduced new ways of therapy such as digital mental health platforms, long-acting injectable antipsychotics, and glutamate-based antidepressants like esketamine. Only downside to this is affordability.
WHO together with the government is taking initiative towards this issue and are advocating community based mental health services, suicidal- prevention policies and school based emotional support.
Let’s here your mental health journey in the comments below.
I think at these times, the mental health should be given equal importance as compared to physical health. I think it mainly happens people start isolating themselves and stop socialising as humans are social animals. We should just be kind to each other and even reach out for help if needed. We should really prioritize eating healthy, exercising, laughing and even growing spiritually. That’s how I think depression or any mental illness can be treated or just handled.
WHO itself states the definition of Health as “Health is a state of complete physical,mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”.Hence we should consider any derangement in mind to be a disorder.It needs to be addressed as any other physical ailment.Not only medication but family support plays a vital role in the treatment of mental health disorders.My secret to mental health is always stay positive.
In this busy world, we all spend most of the time with electronic gadgets rather than family and friends. I think, we should have some quality time for ourselves and with people around us. Also learning to be nonjudgmental helps greatly in improving our mental health by reducing anxiety and stress, fostering self-acceptance, enhancing emotional regulations and relationships.
It is important to maintain good mental health, and I think in today’s generation the situation reveals itself when we face challenges head on head.
With this increasing stress, it becomes overwhelming and many of us don’t realise how much our mind absorbs. We should take small steps to normalise mental health tracking, just like physical health.
Well said. Mental health of an individual is as important as physical health. Unfortunately,it is often neglected, and many people don’t realise how necessary it is to take care of it.
Talking about my own experience, I have always tried to keep my mental health a priority.I make efforts to take care of it, and also counsel and support people around me.
i come from a joint family, and while growing up, I was an introvert, so I often felt lonely band sometimes ignored.These feelings led me to start writing, especially diary writing, which became a meaningful way for me to express myself. Later, I realised that communication is the key. Expressing myself helped me overcome many day-to-day challenges. I learned, I grew, and today I am able to speak openly about mental health and its importance.This has been my journey of loving myself.
I strongly agree that bringing this “quite crisis“ will require more then rising awareness: we need systemic change. That includes integrating mental health services into mental health services into primary care, expanding accessible therapy and medication support (especially for low-income and underserved communities), promoting psychoeducation to reduce stigma, and supporting emerging therapeutic modalities —- from digital platforms to newer treatment options, as emphasized in in findings from the World Health Organization’s mental health treatment report.
Awareness about mental health today is much better than it was a few decades ago and the elder generations flaunt about their strong mind and ability to handle crisis. This makes me wonder what exactly is major factor causing us to think people in past or the older generations were comparatively less depressed or is this just a misconception and depression at that time was just not documented?
Prioritizing mental health has become a challenge due to various challenges in our lives. Students are forced into depression due to rising competition in their field and peer pressure, while adults are often drowning in their own midlife crisis. People should learn to unwind and let loose. They should prioritize themselves and realize that no one is more important than themselves to avert this crisis.