For Your Positive Mental Health, Do This Now

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For Your Positive Mental Health, Do This Now

On our journey to build and maintain positive mental health, “giving yourself a break” is one of the most important things we can do. It’s also one of the hardest for anyone living with mental illness or other mental health challenges.

Mental illness is a bully. It wants to control you and take away your power by chipping away insidiously at your sense of self-worth. How many times have you talked to yourself like this?

• I’m not good enough for_____.
• I’m a terrible parent-friend-employee-pet owner-person.
• I don’t deserve to do_____ or have_____.
• People would be better off without me. *

It’s far too easy for mental illness to stop people from believing in themselves; which keeps them from achieving positive mental health.

The journey takes time and effort, but you can believe in yourself once again.  

• Take a mindful approach by frequently reminding yourself, “I am the best me I can be in this moment.”
• Use other positive affirmations to teach your brain to love you.
• Notice when you’re too hard on yourself and beating yourself up and promptly replace those harsh thoughts with thoughts about your strengths.
• Do things that make you feel successful.

Think of it this way: for your positive mental health and wellbeing, stop being your illness’s ally and start being your own. You deserve self-worth.

* If you experience suicidal ideation or have thoughts of otherwise harming yourself, please contact The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) for help. That’s what they’re there for.

Related Articles Dealing with Self-Concept

• A Daily Affirmation to Feel More Love and Bliss
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• The Difference between Self-Esteem and Self-Worth
• Tackling Negative Behaviors to Improve Self-Esteem
• Why Anxiety Makes You Feel Stupid and Like a Failure
• Five Character Strengths of People Living with Anxiety
• Why Should You Begin a Mindfulness Practice?
• Using Mindfulness for Anxiety: Here’s How

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: When you notice that your sense of self-worth has taken a dive, how do you cope with it? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• If You Can't Make Decisions Because of Depression, This Helps
• Cope With Eating Disorder Triggers Using the STOP Skill/a>
• How PTSD Causes Insomnia (and What to Do About It)
• Meditation Help: Sounds as Hints to Deepen Awareness
• End Your Anxious Avoidance with These Tips
• Healing the Pain Connected to Complex PTSD
• How Travelling Helped My Eating Disorder Recovery
• How Healthy Routines Prevent Relapse in Addiction Recovery
• How the Verbal Abuse Victim Becomes Their Own Abuser
• Experience Panic Attacks? They Don't Come from Within You
• How to Deal With Low Self-Esteem Following an STI Diagnosis
• 4 Tips for Coping with Suicidal Thoughts
• Why Toxic Positivity Worsens Depression
• The Intimacy Factor and Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Setting Boundaries for Yourself Is an Act of Self-Love
• Anxiety in the Heat and Asking for the Help I Need

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. How Food Affects My Depression and Anxiety
2. How to Short-Circuit Your Anxious Thoughts
3. Why I Use the Term 'Mental Health Condition' Instead of 'Mental Illness'

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"The only person you are destined to be become is the person you decide to be."

Read more mental health quotes.

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