Mental Health
Holistically Healing Your Mental Health
How you think, feel and make meaning about your life affects everything you do.
It explores how people understand, act and cope with life, including daily stress, situational stress and other challenges in our lives. Some of the factors involved in mental health maintenance include the balancing of work, health and meaningful relationships.
When we feel mentally healthy we’re able to see our strengths and work with them to face life’s challenges and accomplish our goals.
When we’re impacted by mental illness we may view ourselves in a negative light, which influences our potential for achieving goals and our overall sense of well-being in the world. This affects us to our core and can have devastating consequences for our important relationships.
Have you ever felt this way?
Emotional Mental Illness Symptoms Include:
– Feeling sad for no apparent reason, for a period of longer than two weeks
– Excessive fears or worries, or extreme feelings of guilt
– Withdrawal from friends and normal activities
– Inability to think clearly or concentrate
– Extreme shifts in mood from highs to lows, or an elated high that makes you feel superhuman
– Significant tiredness, low energy or problems sleeping
– Detachment from reality (delusions), paranoia or hallucinations
– Inability to cope with daily problems or stressors
– Trouble understanding and relating to situations and to people
– Alcohol, drug, pornography, computer, sex or other addictions
– Major changes in eating habits, either an increase or decrease in regular food intake
– A marked increase or decrease in sex drive
– Excessive anger, hostility or violence
– Thoughts or actions around self-harm or suicidal thoughts or attempts
Physical Symptoms Of Mental Health Include:
– Stomach pain
– Back pain
– Headaches
– Menstrual difficulties
– Sexual dysfunction
– Unexplained aches and pains
– Low energy
If You Have Symptoms Of Mental Illness That Are Not Improving Seek Support
Some mental illnesses will improve on their own with the right conditions present, but many don’t. If left untreated, a mental illness may worsen over time causing significant problems.
Suicidal thoughts and behaviours are common with some mental illnesses. If you think you may hurt yourself or attempt suicide, it is important to get help immediately. You can do so by:
– Calling 911 or your local emergency number
– Call a suicide hotline number
– In Canada, For Children and Youth call Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 (toll free)
– For Adults call Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
– Reach out to a close friend or loved one
– Call a suicide hotline number
– In Canada, For Children and Youth call Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 (toll free)
– For Adults call Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
– Reach out to a close friend or loved one
Helping a Loved One
It’s incredibly difficult to watch our loved ones suffer. If your loved one is showing signs of mental illness, it’s important to invite an open and honest discussion with them to share your concerns in a respectful and loving way.
By offering support and encouragement you can let your loved one know that they can find help. Sometimes when someone is suffering from a mental illness they are not able to seek out a qualified health care provider on their own. This is where you can help. You may even support your loved one to get to their appointment or to go with them.
If your loved one has done serious self-harm or is considering doing so, it is important to act immediately by taking them to the hospital or calling for emergency help.
How We Can Support You To Improve Mental Health & Wellness
– Helping you to better understand mental health and wellness (what it is and how to improve your mental health)
– Addressing the mind, body & spirit connection, helping you to feel more connected and whole
– Providing evidence-based, creative & body-centred, approaches to improve mental health and wellness
– Strengthening of coping abilities through the exploration of stress management tools, such as breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation, guided visualization & mindfulness approaches
– Exploration of Lifestyle factors, including creating new, healthier choices, physical activity, meaning making, diet, creative expression, as well as relationships, support & social networks
– Setting realistic goals, evaluating different lifestyle choices and techniques that support body, mind & spirit to improve your mental health wellness.
Signs of Good Mental health
– Knowing and accepting yourself
– Enjoying life, feeling generally satisfied with it (meaning)
– The ability to create and maintain satisfying relationships
– Coping with stress in a positive, proactive way that allows action
– Feeling connected to being able to realize your potential
– Having a sense of personal control
Please reach out ASAP by clicking the button below and get on your path to healing.