9 Things That Aren’t Helping Your Mental Health

Taking care of your mental health is not just about therapy, practicing meditation, and sticking to your medication; there are also things you should NOT do in order to help yourself.

1. Isolation

Isolation simply means being disconnected from people.

Not a lot of people know this, but isolation has been observed to actually physically alter the brain of lab animals.

2. Poor Social Interactions

Thanks to the Internet (particularly Social media), we can now stay “connected” with millions of people around the globe, and this is good.

3. Multitasking And Busyness

A lot of people are very busy, being busy.

For the sake of your mental health, you must figure out the difference between the tasks that are important, and those that are urgent. And oftentimes the “urgent” tasks are not important.

It is true; life is full of ups and downs. For some people, it has always been the “downs” and they have to struggle for the rest of their lives. Sometimes unexpected things happen that shake “healthy” people to the foundations of their beings (they call these traumas).

Other times, prolonged challenges from life events mounts insane pressure on peoples’ lives and they are left struggling under the immense weight.

4. Not Putting You First

Saying “Yes” to everyone is very unhealthy.

5. Suppressing Your Thoughts And Feelings

We do not overcome our negative emotions (such as fear, anxiety, sadness, anger, etc.) by ignoring, or suppressing them, but by facing and processing them.

6. Not Exercising

Aside from the numerous physical benefits of exercising, it has a lot of psychological, emotional, and mental benefits

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