Here i come with the last 5 of our pills for a more rational thinking and effective acting about matters relating to mental health.
Before you go through these concluding session, i'd like you to take a look at previous sessions so you can have a clearer picture of what we've been discussing by seeing these pieces not as disjointed articles but a complete whole, affording you the privilege of a broader perspective as it relates to you and your mental health.
having done that, here we go for the last time on this topical issue!
16. If you see someone you think is acting strangely, intervene in a concerned, gentle way to find out if anything is wrong and how you can help. Often listening to someone's troubles is all the therapy needed if it comes soon enough.
17. If you discover you cannot help yourself or the other person in distress, seek counsel of a trained specialist in the the area of mental health at your local clinic or hospital. In some cases, the problem may seem to be a psychological one but is really physical, as with thyroid glandular conditions.
18. If it is not a medical problem, then consult a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist recommended by your family doctor, the health department or your local hospital.
19. Assume that everyone would be better off if they had the opportunity to discuss their problems openly with a mental health specialist; therefore, if you do go to one, there's no need to feel stigmatized.
20. As long as there is life, there is hope for a better life, and as long as there are hope, caring and determination, life will get better.
My last shot; "Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out".
-Vaclav Havel
Reference; Government, Society and Economy: psychology and life experiences. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan. Nigeria. Africa.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
YOU & YOUR MENTAL HEALTH III
This is a continuation of the discussion i started some few weeks back... those few weeks were like years, missed blogging and YOU.
I've got reasons to believe you're coping with the challenges of life or living, and that, creatively. Yeah! you need to, -develop healthy coping mechanisms that's suited and relevant to the situations and circumstances that comes your way or in which you've found yourself.
Here we go! try this tips for size and see if it works for you, (it sure will) so you won't snapp! i hate to think about having another nervous breakdown...
11. Develop long-range goals in life- what you want to be doing five, ten, twenty years from now- and think about alternative ways of getting there.
12. Create time to relax, to meditate and to enjoy hobbies and activities that you do alone and by means of which you can get in touch with yourself.
13. Think of yourself not as a passive object to which bad things just happen, but as an active agent who at any time can change the direction of your entire life.
14. Remember that failure and disappointment are sometimes blessings in disguise, telling you that your goals were not right for you or saving you from bigger let-downs later on.
15. Don't judge your behaviour and that of others as "normal" or "crazy", but rather as situationally and culturally appropriate or inappropriate, and try to discover ways of modifying undesireable behaviour rather than undesireable people (including yourself).
I just hope these few tips has met a need... we have 5 more to go... till i catch you next time, CHEER UP! THE FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT IT HURTS MY EYES... NO MATTER, HOWEVER...
I've got reasons to believe you're coping with the challenges of life or living, and that, creatively. Yeah! you need to, -develop healthy coping mechanisms that's suited and relevant to the situations and circumstances that comes your way or in which you've found yourself.
Here we go! try this tips for size and see if it works for you, (it sure will) so you won't snapp! i hate to think about having another nervous breakdown...
11. Develop long-range goals in life- what you want to be doing five, ten, twenty years from now- and think about alternative ways of getting there.
12. Create time to relax, to meditate and to enjoy hobbies and activities that you do alone and by means of which you can get in touch with yourself.
13. Think of yourself not as a passive object to which bad things just happen, but as an active agent who at any time can change the direction of your entire life.
14. Remember that failure and disappointment are sometimes blessings in disguise, telling you that your goals were not right for you or saving you from bigger let-downs later on.
15. Don't judge your behaviour and that of others as "normal" or "crazy", but rather as situationally and culturally appropriate or inappropriate, and try to discover ways of modifying undesireable behaviour rather than undesireable people (including yourself).
I just hope these few tips has met a need... we have 5 more to go... till i catch you next time, CHEER UP! THE FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT IT HURTS MY EYES... NO MATTER, HOWEVER...
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