Benefits of Mental health Check Ins
First of all....What is Mental Health?
Mental health is a qualitative (non- measurable) indicator of the state of health of an individual’s psychological, mental or emotional state. Our mental health affects how we think, feel and act. Our mental health also impacts how we respond to circumstances and the events of life. It can change minute by minute, and second by second, check-ins can help!
Benefits of Mental Health Check-ins
Pro-active form of self-care instead of reactive.
Gain emotional intelligence that allow you to balance both good and bad feelings, emotions and stress so you can experience them in a healthy productive way.
Gauge your emotional status, allows early intervention to recognize early signs of distress, and take action before these issues escalate and symptoms gets worse down the road.
Can help you treat your physical, emotional, and mental health simultaneously. For example reducing stress can help lower or prevent high blood pressure. It is a whole-person type of care.
Can help you frequently get things off your chest and to have a clearer mind which can be empowering for most people. This leads to more focus and clarity with your job family and friends and your life in general.
Can help with persistent negative emotions, difficulty functioning, overwhelming stress, loss of interest in activities, or thoughts of self harm or suicide by addressing these issues and working through them.
Can help you understand self awareness. The more frequently you check-in the better you become at identifying what is going on in your mind day to day.
Consistency allows you to constantly reflect on your emotional growth and what work and what didn't.
Can help with creativity, improved learning, higher levels of productivity and increased life expectancy.
Can help manage feelings, have a hopeful outlook, clear thoughts, develop routines (sleep/diet), make more positive contributions and engage in other activities.
Can help have higher esteem, a sense of contentment, meaning and purpose of life.
Can help build up resilience through self care, they help you recognize patterns in your emotional responses which in turn help you develop proactive strategies that enhance your ability to adapt and thrive.
Can really enhance the quality of all your relationships between partners, friends, co-workers, the more centered and well balanced you are better equipped to nurture and maintain connections around you.
Can help with the stigma around mental health because the more people care for it it will normalize the practice of caring for ones emotional being.
