| Keeping the body healthy is not an easy task. There | | | | and the activity of daily living is impaired. This is |
| are times when we do not understand what is | | | | where the individual experiences poor decision making |
| happening inside of us. And that we are left puzzled | | | | and has already neglected taking care of the self. |
| why we experience getting sick or getting weak | | | | There are several factors that may cause mental |
| even though we are eating the right nutritious foods | | | | illness. This includes environmental factors, biological |
| daily. The environment sometimes give us illness, | | | | factors and psychological factors. Examples of |
| stress too can also be a factor why we experience | | | | biological factors include the genetics, brain defects |
| getting sick. If our immune system is weak, definitely | | | | especially during pregnancy, substance abuse and |
| we will get sick. | | | | having poor nutrition. These can all contribute to the |
| We can only say that a person is healthy when he is, | | | | development of a certain type of mental illness. |
| in all aspects, healthy. You cannot say that an | | | | Environmental factors include that of having family |
| individual is healthy basing only on the physical aspect. | | | | conflicts, death or even divorce, having low self |
| You should base it on the totality of the individual and | | | | esteem, living alone, having bad influence friends and |
| that includes mental, spiritual and the emotional | | | | even poverty. These are all problems that can |
| aspects of an individual. All of these aspects need to | | | | decrease an individual's perception of life. And when |
| be healthy all of the time in order for the individual to | | | | an individual is preoccupied with so many problems, |
| fully function in the community. If one is aspect is | | | | there is a possibility that he may lose his mentality. |
| unhealthy, it can affect the rest and even the totality | | | | Being exhausted of all the problems in life will lead to |
| of the human being. Say for example, when physically | | | | having a mental illness. When we have too much |
| the individual is weak, mentally he cannot think and | | | | problems, we need to express it and verbalize it so |
| make decisions well due to lack of energy and the | | | | we can feel relieved. You have to be like the |
| mind is preoccupied with so many things. | | | | strongest stun gun that does not easily give up even |
| The body and mind all work as one. The body needs | | | | during hard times. |
| to be nourished so that the mind will function well. As | | | | Lastly, psychological factors such as being |
| you can notice and have probably read in books, the | | | | traumatized and abused can contribute to having |
| main reason why some individuals lose their mentality | | | | mental illness. That is why it is wrong to abuse |
| is because they have failed to feed the body with | | | | children or hurt them because they will carry the pain |
| right nourishment. Skipping meals can cause the | | | | even when they reach maturity. Inability to socialize |
| nervous system to malfunction due to the fact that | | | | well can also be a problem. That is why if you have a |
| there are no vitamins and minerals transported to the | | | | child or perhaps a friend suffering from this problem, |
| brain and thus disable the individual to think well and | | | | better consult the psychologist to know the possible |
| to make firm decisions. It is just like a rechargeable | | | | and best treatment. |
| stun gun, it will not function well once you will not | | | | It is always important that we keep ourselves |
| recharge it. | | | | healthy and strong at all times to avoid having mental |
| When you speak about mental health, it simply | | | | illness. Having problems in mentality is never easy and |
| means that the individual has an intact interpersonal | | | | it will greatly affect your life since you are already |
| relationship with his community, he is able to manage | | | | isolated and will be avoided by people. If you do not |
| stress effectively, is independent and has a positive | | | | want this to happen, take care of your health and |
| self-concept and outlook in life. And when you talk | | | | make sure that you live and a happy and healthy |
| about mental illness, there is lack of self awareness | | | | lifestyle. |
| and isolation of the self. There is no reality orientation | | | | |