Resetting Your Mental Health

Your mental health is just as important as your physical health, and can impact how you feel on a physical level. Everything from digestive issues and headaches to muscle aches and insomnia can all come back to your mental and emotional health.

This is why resetting your mental health should be just as important to you as your physical wellbeing.

When Was the Last Time You Saw a Mental Health Professional?

This might not be for everyone, but if you deal with anxiety, depression, trauma, or even chronic stress, it might be something to look into. Doing a life or health reset is not just about what you can do yourself, but recognizing when you need a little extra help.

When you get sick or have an injury, you see your medical doctor, so there is no reason you shouldn’t try to find someone to help with your mental health as well.

How Are Your Emotions Lately?

How have your emotions been feeling recently? Are you happy and relaxed most of the time, or do you feel anxious, depressed, sad, unmotivated, exhausted, angry, or other uncomfortable emotions?

There is nothing wrong with these types of emotions, as they are just part of being human. But if you don’t have a healthy way to express them, that could become a problem. This is what often leads to substance abuse and other types of addictions.

Find some healthy ways to acknowledge and cope with your emotions, such as mindfulness, journaling, talking to a friend, and exercising.

Is Anything Causing You More Stress?

Stress is a common emotion, but that doesn’t make it easy to deal with. It doesn’t just affect your mental health, but can affect your physical health as well. Think about your stress levels and use this time to figure out if you need to find more stress relieving activities.

Stress can often morph into sleep issues, cause chronic pain, and lead to worse mental health problems, so it should not be taken lightly.

Consider Habits That Improve Your Mental Health

When you have an idea of where your mental health is at, you can take some time adding in habits that will improve it. Here are some ideas that can help:

Create a journaling routine. Writing in a journal is so therapeutic and helps
tremendously with your mental health. Try to create a routine where you use it for at least a few minutes every day.

Have a weekly lunch date with a friend. Taking time out to spend quality time with others is just as important for your mental health.

Practice self-care. Far too often, people keep busy and never have time for
themselves. Even if it is as small as doing a face mask on the weekend or watching a movie Friday nights with a friend, it can help tremendously to fit into your schedule.