How does mental health impact daily life and a person's well being? by Audrina Trahin

How it affects your life:

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Mental health has huge power over your life. It involves the ability to overthink and has you being forgetful sometimes, making your life harder and stressful.

Article: "Overcoming Stigma Can Literally Save Lives in New Jersey"-

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The author's overall purpose is to create an understanding on mental health and how it impacts others and your own life. By sharing your story, focusing on yourself, and learning to try to abolish stigma can save many lives.

3 quotes in the article:

"Lost my brother Mike to suicide 20 years ago, I was not educated about mental health, related disorders or stigma". This reveals how mental health is very serious and anyone you know could be dealing with it.

"In fact, I am still mourning the loss of my brother and I expect that I will never stop grieving. However, I have been able to live a full life". This indicates that the hard impacts that occur in your life, there is still a way to get through it and try to focus on yourself.

"Everyone needs to learn how to recognize the signs of mental illnesses and risk of suicide, and how to address these health concerns when the signs are apparent in their loved ones, friends and colleagues, as well as to share one's own struggles and seek support to overcome them". This quote helps to create a greater understanding on how important it is to reach out to people and know what they are going through to support them.

Ways to improve Mental Health:

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Focusing on your physical being and working on yourself is one of the best ways to deal with mental health. You could be working out, eating better, sleeping right, and taking great care of everything that involves you.
Talking to someone such as a loved one, friend, or a trusted individual is really significant from your mental health, especially a therapist. Knowing there is someone to talk to and listen to you, makes you feel more important.
Taking Anti-depressants is valuable towards your mental health. When someone goes through something, they can help your depression, anxiety, and other feelings that you are dealing with your mental health.