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Lifestyle choices that affect your mental health

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Mental health and well-being should never be ignored. So much is riding on your mental health! If you have children, they’re depending on you to stay well for them. And even if you don’t have children, your friends and family want you to stay healthy and well. But most importantly, for your own sake, you need to look after your mental health. Below I will outline some of the issues I’ve seen that definitely affect your mental health in a negative way.
I also share at the end an insightful piece of reading that I found so helpful.
There are some things you do which put your mental health at risk. Read about them here and do take care.
By the way, in my recent experience with a friend, I have come to the conclusion that ignoring mental health problems don’t make them go away.
I have been reading a lot about mental and have found that Amazon has cheap paper- back and Ebooks on the issue. You can sign up for the FREE thirty day Amazon Prime Membership which gives you next day delivery on millions of items.


 

Drugs, alcohol and mental health

I’m not one for drinking alcohol but I do know many people who manage to take alcohol and can still maintain a decent living with their work, family life, relationships etc. These are people without mental health conditions.

Mixing alcohol and/or drugs with a mental health condition is only asking for trouble! These already distort reality and can only push you closer to the edge if you have a pre-existing mental health condition. There are also dangerous contraindications if alcohol is mixed with drugs prescribed for mental health conditions. If you have a mental health condition and have to take medication, you will see it clearly written on the accompanying leaflet DO NOT TAKE ALCOHOL.

Refusing to take your medication

There is help in the form of trained specialists available to help with dealing with the condition.
These are people who have had years of training and experience and their advice should be
valued above your own or other untrained individuals’.
Convincing yourself that you do not have a mental health condition and therefore do not need to take your medication is nothing less than foolhardy. If you find out that have cancer, would you go around ignoring it and just hope that it goes away? No, you wouldn’t. Well, mental health illness, whatever the type, is just another illness
and needs to be addressed by the way of medical attention.

Mental health and money

Just like everyone else, if you have a mental health condition, you have to take steps to ensure that your finances are not put at risk. You will have to maintain your standard of living, keep up with savings and live a frugal lifestyle.

This will ensure that you do not have additional stressors to make your situation worse. Here is a post about taking care of your personal finances. I am sure you will find it useful and will also find useful tips to make even more money in a short amount of time. These are steps that I have taken and I can tell you that they work.

Relying on self-help for your mental health

As was said, there are professionals who are qualified to deal with mental health conditions so I would deal with them in the first instance. Of course, there are some conditions, that can be treated with herbal remedies or even over the counter medication. Once you have a serious mental health condition, you cannot rely on your own impaired judgement to decide, how, when and how often to treat it. You must rely on the professionals for help.
So if you know of someone who is in need of mental health help, share this post but do try to convince them that they need help. You can click on the Facebook icon below this post. Too many children and others suffer when mental health conditions are not treated as they should be.

Taking on too much will affect your mental health

When I worked as a teacher, it took me some time to realise that some of my mental anguish and stress were self inflicted. Sure, I had too much on, and I suffered with insomnia, but I also was too quick to say yes to everything that everyone wanted me to do.

Even though I would be sat with hundreds of books to mark, I would still invite students back for help with coursework (in my time), ring parents who asked me to, volunteer for after school activities and plan and organise International exchange programs for the school.

It was only after I resigned from my teaching job and sat down to evaluate things that I realised that I could have said no to so many things!

You will never be able to do it all. And it’s a good practice to ask at work what task, job or activity they’d like you to forego in order to take on the new one being piled on.

At home, divide the tasks according to everyone’s age and ability. There’s no where where it is written that you should do it all. If you do, you will only find that your mental health suffer tremendously.

 

Too much stuff is bad for mental health

I am loving this era of Marie Kondo. The more I declutter, the more I feel stress free. Having too much stuff in your home leads to stress. I am aiming to have at least half of the ‘stuff’ that I had.

Getting rid of some stuff can also make you money too. Try selling on eBay or Facebook marketplace and put aside your money for more fun experiences like holidays, rather than more stuff.

 


And for you, look after your mental health. Avoid too much of a stressful life, but be the best that
you can be. This also means leaving for later or tomorrow, things that can be done at a later time. After all, nothing will happen to the dinner dishes if they stay in the sink until the morning.
I’ve just stumbled upon this post from Katy who shares her own experience with mental health issues. Such a good read! It is important to start talking more about it.
What’s your take on the issue here? Drop us a line in the comment box below.
Have a great one.
xxx
 

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Comments

  1. Purvi says

    July 11, 2016 at 9:57 am

    Quite helpful…most of us include these basics…

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      July 11, 2016 at 6:38 pm

      Lots of people do, but there’s a large number of people who fail to admit that they do have mental health issues. It is those people that I am trying to reach out to!
      Thanks for popping by and for your feedback

      Reply
  2. Ayeina says

    July 11, 2016 at 10:01 am

    Mental health is often seemed as a taboo topic. Hopefully people reading this would take one step forward in awareness!

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      July 11, 2016 at 6:36 pm

      That’s so true. Even when I was to click publish after writing the post, I had to pray that I would not be offending anyone I know!
      Thanks so much for stopping by. Do you write about these issues too?

      Reply
  3. redroadrecovery says

    July 19, 2017 at 5:35 am

    Hi Joleisa

    There are many things that has effect on our life. Mostly drugs have worst effect. I am a doctor by profession and I have many patients who are addicted to drugs and alcohol . I always suggest rehab center to them. But I really don’t understand how people can play with their life.

    Well, Hope for the good 🙂 🙂

    redroadrecovery

    Reply
  4. Lindansarmama says

    December 12, 2017 at 2:25 am

    Hi, not always but often there are malnutrision with minerals and vitamins when you are not ok, eg to much copper and to little zinc affect the mental healht, even up to psychotic. There are coming more and more studies that’s look into this.

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      December 12, 2017 at 10:45 am

      I think I understand what you are trying to say. The point is though, if we do have mental health problems, we should be careful with what we do so that things don’t become worse.

      Reply
  5. Ashley says

    December 13, 2017 at 5:31 pm

    Great article! I think its so very important for people that suffer with mental health conditions to take care of themselves, especially financially. I can see how this would put them at further risk. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  6. Shelby Borton says

    December 13, 2017 at 5:41 pm

    This is a great article! Most people just write off mental health problems as someone seeking attention, but they are serious issues that should be dealt with and keeping certain things out of your life definitely helps improve mental health as well as keeping those with mental health problems in a better state of mind.

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      December 13, 2017 at 6:13 pm

      Totally agreed with Shelby. I see too many people with mental health issues dabbling with other things and making their conditions worse. Help me to spread the message wont you?

      Reply
  7. OlordePrimavera says

    December 14, 2017 at 9:51 am

    Thank you for the info.

    If the soul is not healed the body can not live:)

    Reply
  8. Angela Maria says

    December 14, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    I don’t know if this is the counts but there was a time in my life where shopping was my escape. I am an emotional shopper. Whenever I feel upset I hit the mall and I will spend on things I don’t need. It’s that feeling of buying something, anything – even if it’s buying with someone else’s money – that makes me feel good. I’ve gotten a lot better, but I totally agree with not letting one’s finance become affected because of your mental health.

    Reply
  9. Lisa Wingerter @ https://meandmymomfriends.com says

    March 8, 2018 at 2:17 pm

    These are so true. The hardest one for me is money. We are on one income (by choice) but things get tight and it gets stressful and can really mess with my mental health. I try to always be conscious of spending responsibly so that it never gets to be too much for me mentally.

    Reply
  10. Goac says

    October 6, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    There is indeed a big number of people who fail to accept they have a problem. It is really sad.

    Reply
  11. Lala says

    May 31, 2019 at 5:07 am

    I was having a major breakdown recently, and it has been one of the stressful condition to be in. I need to take a break from things and to calm myself from overload work or personal matters. Talking about Marie Kondo, I recently started to minimize my stuff too. And I finally able to see improvements in my life.

    Reply
  12. Nicole Pilland says

    October 12, 2019 at 3:42 am

    I was mentally sick last couple of month before and I know how much it affected my personal life. Thanks for sharing this great topics.
    Nicole Pilland recently posted…How Focusing on Your Faith Can Help with Depression & AnxietyMy Profile

    Reply
  13. Charlie | The Barefoot Life says

    October 12, 2019 at 5:38 pm

    I definitely find that taking on too much and feeling overwhelmed is really detrimental to my mental health. Great post to raise awareness! Charlie xo

    Reply
  14. Shaylyn says

    October 12, 2019 at 7:08 pm

    This is super helpful information! I totally relate with taking on too much. It honestly gets me every time! Truth be told it is all I know how to do but this makes me stop and think. THANK YOU

    Reply
    • Joleisa says

      October 13, 2019 at 8:08 am

      Thanks for stopping by, Shaylyn. We do have to do our best to preserve what we have left of our mental health. Do have a lovely day.
      Jo and Leisa

      Reply
  15. page says

    October 13, 2019 at 11:33 pm

    i totally agree with everything you said, and this post is really well-written! thank you for sharing 🙂 x

    Reply

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