There is no health without mental health.
The World Health Organisation defines mental health as not only the absence of mental illness but a person living productively by recognizing his potential and coping with everyday stressors and problems.
We often talk about physical health rather than mental health until recently, the popular belief in society was that better health meant being physically fit. The World Health Organization’s definition of this was that a person’s physical and mental health is good health. But after the year 2000, World Health Organisation (WHO) defined health as a person’s physical, mental, social and spiritual balance good health.
Mental health is the emotional and Physical health that exists to meet the needs of the individual to live and to be active in society. If you have the following elements, you can check whether you have good mental health or not.
- Having confidence in one’s abilities
- Being able to withstand a normal level of stress
- Able to maintain interpersonal relationships at an optimum level
- Been able to live a free and independent life
Although such is the essential characteristics of good mental health, it has not yet been possible to provide comprehensive definitions. Most people think that mental health and mental illness are not mutually exclusive. That is, the absence of mental illness in a person is not a measure of good mental health.
According to the finding of modern Western psychology, it has been stated that the following types of physical illnesses may arise based on the various thoughts that are treasured and undiminished in man, although they are not very serious.
- Disorders of the digestive system
- Pregnancy disorders due to menstrual irregularities in women
- Uncontrollable emotional, high blood pressure due to changes in physical activity.
- Changes in heart rate
- Respiratory disorders
- Muscle pain
- Elevation of blood sugar
The above kind of physical diseases was affected by the bad emotional condition stored in the human being. Sometimes, due to Physical illness, various mental problems may also occur.
Treatment for high blood pressure high blood sugar, muscle pain, heart problems, etc. due to poor mental health has increased dramatically in recent times. This lifestyle is very complicated, and lack of mental rest etc. has been the main reason for this condition. It can be seen from examining the social data of those countries that mental health is also deteriorating in Asian countries.
The National Association of Mental Health in America states that one out of every two patients seeking medical treatment sufferers from an illness related to mental and emotional disturbances. This means that not all illnesses are caused by poor mental health. That the patient’s disorders are affected to some extent by mental or emotional disturbances.
We should ordinarily expect complaints of sensory disturbances arising from mental disturbances. Although it appears to be a sensory disorder, it is caused by mental problems. This condition is known as a psychosomatic disorder. Psychosomatic disorders refer to psychogenic or mental disability that manifests physical symptoms or causes physical deformity. In this type of disorder, the emotional problem comes first and physical illness comes second. This condition occurs very rarely in animals.
This is due to their immediate reactions to the event they are facing, avoiding it in mind. But, what you are doing is facing psychological events because you do not remove them from your mind and remember it again and again for many days after the events such as fear, sadness, anger, etc.
Holmes, the psychologist, points out that one of the reasons why emotional states remain in humans for a long time is that a person who is a victim of frustration does not have the opportunity to behave provocatively. If allowed to behave like this, you will be able to gradually dispose of the physical and mental impulses that arise in you.
If a person is loved and respected by his inner and outer society, he will have pride. One’s pride is built according to one’s self-confidence, the feeling that one is a good person, and through the facilities provided by the government, the protection of Human Rights by-laws, good socio-economic pattern, and the dignity of the society that the individual gets externally.
This lead to better mental health. Also, those with certain mental weaknesses or mental problems can be treated equally like others in society and given respect, love, mercy and care, which can create higher mental health in them.
People with mental problems feel safe when they are able to release their hidden and suppressed emotions. If people who become mentally ill are given good hope, security and dignity, they will develop pride and superiority. If good hopes can be brought to fruition in the hearts of those who are frustrated, seeking relief, justice, helplessness and oppression in society, they can have high mental health through the internal and external pride that arises in them.
Thus by showing love to everyone, superiority and pride can be created.