FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH 1. Assess the strength or intensity of your needs and learn how to obtain the proper amounts of these needs for your happiness. We all have basic needs like connections, freedom, significance, survival and enjoyment. Although we have these in common, the strength of these may differ from person to person. The key to happiness is to engage in behaviour that brings you the precise amount of each need. 2. Understand and take responsibility for your choices. You have choices in every situation. You may not have any ‘good’ choices or choices you like, but there are choices nonetheless. When you let go of a victim mentality and embrace the choice aspect of all you do, you will feel empowered. 3. Make the connection between your behaviour and your progress of lack thereof. We often look to outside ‘causes’ for our success – or lack thereof – and forget to look at what we are doing or not doing to move us towards our goals! 4. Understand the power of your perception and how to change it. We often make up stories about people and events in our lives that have nothing to do with the facts of the situations. They are simply our interpretation. If your perception is not serving you, change it! 5. Find the balance in all things. Everything that happens to you has equal positive and negative qualities, pros and cons. The truth is that both sides are always present – it just depends on where you place your focus. Seeing both sides equally will improve your mental health. Source: Adapted from the Sunday Times (Careers), 18 August 2013.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:41:17 +0000
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