How to Be Mentally Healthy
I often get asked, "What does it mean to be mentally healthy?" and "How do you know if you have good mental health?"
Below are 16 signs of mental health:
- Love: Being able to care deeply for family and friends.
- Work: Enjoying your job and feeling it matters.
- Play: Having fun and being creative.
- Attachment: Feeling safe and loved.
- Agency: Believing you can make choices.
- Constancy: Knowing who you are.
- Resilience: Handling stress well.
- Self-Esteem: Feeling good about yourself.
- Values: Knowing what is important to you.
- Emotion Regulation: Managing feelings.
- Insight: Understanding yourself.
- Mentalization: Knowing what others think.
- Defenses: Coping with worries healthily.
- Balance: Finding middle ground in life.
- Vitality: Feeling alive and energetic.
- Acceptance: Embracing things you can't change.
*For more details, visit https://psychodynamicpsychology.com/signs-of-mental-health/
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