What is Mental Health?

Mental health is basically a word for your emotional and psychological well-being. Having good mental health helps you live a happy and healthy life with more positivity. It helps you develop resilience and face obstacles more easily.

What is Mental illness?

Mental illnesses are conditions that have an affect on a person’s thinking, feeling, mood or behavior. Some examples of mental illnesses include depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. Such conditions may be occasional or long-lasting and affect someone’s ability to relate to others and function each day. Aditonally, mental health illnesses can also affect your ability to get through day-to-day life. They are ususally a result of poor daily habits.

Poor mental health is a global problem.

Mental health issues are very common in the United States and they are also a growing problem worldwide. Here are some general statistics about mental health:

• Mental health problems are one of the main causes of the overall disease burden worldwide.
• About one in five American adults experience at least one mental illness each year .
• around one in five young people ages 13 to 18 experience a mental illness at some point in their lives, too.
• About one in 25 adults experience a serious mental illness (SMI) each year.
• According to the National Institute of Mental Health, women are more likely to experience SMI than men.

Sources: cdc.gov and mentaliillness.org

What should I do if I think I have a mental health problem?

If you think you have mental health issues, you are at the right place. MentliCo has a variety of ways you can improve your overall mental health.

What are the signs that I might have a mental health problem?

When it comes to your emotions, it can be hard to know what is normal and what is not. There are warning signs that you may have a mental health problem, including

• A change in your eating or sleeping habits
• Withdrawing from the people and activities you enjoy
• Feeling numb or like nothing matters
• Feeling helpless or hopeless
• Having severe mood swings that cause problems in your relationships
• Thinking of harming yourself or others
• Having thoughts and memories that you can't get out of your head
• Having low or no energy at all
• Hearing voices or believing things that are not true