Metal Wellbeing
Are you happy? Do you feel healthy? What effect do the people around you have on your mood? Do you feel calm?
There are so many questions
like the above that I think are important to reflect upon in our everyday
lives, you need to ensure that you check up on yourself because the only person
who can change the way you think of feel, is you. That’s a bit of a scary
thought to many of us because we all know that if you’re in a bad place or
negative state of mind, it can often be difficult to get out of that rut.
There are so many factors
which contribute to negative thinking and feelings – work, friends, finances,
weather, family, body confidence, eating habits…the list goes on. The one thing
that remains consistent throughout though, is you.
Not happy with your job?
Speak to your line manager – explain what it is that’s getting you down, see if
there’s a way you can work together to improve your mood within the workplace.
Your friends seem to bring your
mood down? You have 2 options – raise the problem with them and work through
it, or cut them out of your life – this depends on how long you’ve been feeling
this way and if you have already tried to solve the issues then sometimes it is
best for all parties to just accept that it’s time to part ways.
Struggling financially? I
think we’ve all been there and the only way to get through it is know that it
will get better, keep working at what you’re doing and persevere.
The weather can get us all
down at times – I find that in the winter months especially, my mood is much
lower and I think that’s largely due to the shorter hours of daylight that we
get! Plan things for the weekends or your days off and if you are able to, book
some time away for the next year to give you something to look forward to and
work towards.
Family issues, I feel like
fall under the same category as friends – regardless of whether they’re related
to you by blood or not, if someone is putting you down and making your mood
deteriorate they need to be cut out of your life. You will be better off, trust
me.
Don’t have the most confidence
in your body and feel bored of your eating habits? Follow some fitness pages on
social media and do a daily 20-minute workout at home, and you can do the same
with cooking (the following socials part…not sure doing a 20 minute workout
with raw chicken would be so effective). There are so many free, and easily
accessible outlets these days for you to change your lifestyle, there really is
no excuse to not use them.
It’s so much easier to
complain than just get on with life and the tough times, believe me – I am
great at complaining about every minor detail. But sometimes you really do need
to pick yourself up and realise it’s not all so bad and that actually there are
so many things in your control, if you just make the conscious decision to, you
could change the entire way you think.
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