Mental Health Awareness Podcast

Podcast - This is my podcast mental health awareness. Season 1 Episode 1 mental health refers to our cognitive behavioral and emotional well-being. It is all about how we think feel and behave. The term mental health is sometimes used to mean an absence of a mental disorder. Mental health is a part of overall health just like we can't be well without good mental health. We can't be healthy if we neglect the rest of our body when dealing with a mental health condition. It can be easy to fall into a rut relying only on medication or therapy to be your cure for getting to take good care of your body. However paying attention to lifestyle choices is important for recovery as well. In this blog we also talked about getting active and eating healthy engaging in any type of physical activity for at least 20 minutes a day. It doesn't matter the type of activity it is.

 What matters is if you just do it. Studies have shown that as she size can reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood self-esteem self-esteem and cognitive function in addition exercise can prevent or treat medical conditions like obesity cardiovascular disease stroke and type 2 diabetes. It improves your overall quality of physical health making you more resistant to illness. Some medications taken by individuals being treated for mental health conditions like second generation which is used to treat bipolar and schizophrenia lead to an increased risk or obesity a healthy diet emphasizes having the appropriate portions of fruit vegetables whole grains and low fat or free milk products and should include lean meats fish eggs beans and nuts baps and sugars should be limited.  [00:01:55][114.2]

[00:01:57] People experiencing mental health conditions in particular should aim for a diet low in refined sugar. As research has shown that a diet high in refined sugar is associated with worsening symptoms. This blog talks about becoming mindful mindfulness can simply be translated to self awareness is the process of focusing the mind body and soul on what is being sensed in this moment and it gives you the insight to observe and understand negative feelings from a distance. Mindfulness practices can help relieve stress improve sleep and reduce chronic pain blood pressure and symptoms of heart disease. It also has the power to change the way your brain's function. Studies have found that activities such as meditation and yoga increased the number of signalling connections in the brain and provide better control over processing pain and emotions. Using drugs and alcohol may seem like an effective way to cope with systems of a mental illness but they can actually make a condition worse. In addition certain medications cause an increased risk of heart disease. Smoking will elevate this risk even further.

Medications are also broken down faster in people who smoke meaning that smokers being treated with medication from mental health condition have to take higher doses than nonsmokers which can lead to more unpleasant side effects though it can seem daunting. Quitting is important for both your mental and physical health. The thoughts and perceptions we have of ourselves influence how we feel and behave. Low self-esteem is a symptom associated with many mental health conditions including but not limited to depression anxiety bipolar disorder and personality disorders.  [00:03:48][110.8]
[00:03:49] Here are steps to improve your self-esteem eliminate negative thoughts or counter them with positive fermentations find something you love doing and embrace it learn a new skill look after yourself when we feel down. It's often easy to neglect ourselves. Spend time with the people who bring you up and set goals and reward yourself for accomplishing them. Sleep problems and mental health conditions can become a vicious cycle.

A person experiencing an anxiety disorder could feel too anxious to fall asleep at night leaving them feeling frazzled the next day and increasing their anxiety eventually making it even harder for them to fall asleep. The next night sleep is very important. Having a support system being affected by a mental health condition can sometimes make you feel isolated and overwhelmed. Since dealing with one of these illnesses can already be tough. It's important to find a support system that you can rely on being able to talk to a trusted friend family member support group or mentor can provide relief and assistance in times of need. You are living a mentally healthy life. Is it all just a mental game. Mental health includes emotions and the social wellbeing. It affects how we think feel and act as we cope with life. If we really thought positive thoughts are good amount of sleep and had a good support system we could really fix this problem. A lot of the problems with mental health are suicide. A lot of people aim to hurt themselves and think about harming themselves which is an awful thing to think about but every stage of life from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. This happens to anybody.  [00:05:45][116.7]

If we had a good support system and we can try to make this not happen we can really get over a mental disorders according to the World Health Organization. In 2016 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. It's the leading cause of disability the disorders are the most common mental illness in the US affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older. That's eight point one percent of the population. Every year people with an anxiety disorder are three to five times more likely to go to the doctor and six times more likely to be hospitalized for psychiatric disorders than those who do not suffer from anxiety disorders. Anxiety develops from our complex set of risk factors including genetics brain chemistry personality and life events.

We see mental health disorders happen to people that we love so often they happen to at least five people all of us probably know by helping these people and by being there for them we can really stop mental disorders and really try to have a healthier lifestyle due to getting sleep support systems eating right exercising and thinking positive some of the sources I used to help my do my podcast include www.nami.org/getattachment/extranet/NAMI. com and www.adaa.org/about - adaa/press-room/facts-statictics.com