I. mental health and stress
1. What is mental health?
Mental health means that all aspects of people's psychology and activities are in a good or normal state, such as perfect personality, normal intelligence, correct cognition, appropriate mood, reasonable will, positive attitude, appropriate behavior and good adaptation.
2. What is stress
Stress is a cognitive and behavioral experience process composed of psychological stressors and psychological stress reactions. People need to accept the existence of pressure, adapt to the tense life, control the intensity of pressure, release the pressure of body and mind in time, and maintain mental health.
Second, the factors affecting mental health
1. Physiological factors Physiological factors mainly include genetic diseases and diseases. Genetic factors may bring psychological obstacles or psychological abnormalities to people; Germs, viruses, trauma, poisoning, serious physical diseases, etc. May lead to psychological disorders and even mental disorders.
2. Family factors
Family structure, parental rearing patterns and family environment have a very important influence on people's personality development and mental health. The family structure is incomplete, the family environment is not harmonious, and all kinds of emotions shown by parents in the process of raising children may affect the healthy development of children's psychology and even bring psychological problems such as depression.
3. School factors
Different teaching models and educational concepts will bring different learning experiences to students, thus affecting their mental health. The quality of interpersonal communication between students and the harmony between teachers and students will play an important role in students' physical and mental development and affect their psychological state.
4. Social factors
Mental health will also be affected by social atmosphere, community environment, study and work environment and so on. Bad social atmosphere, crowded and noisy living and learning environment and relatively closed community life will all have adverse effects on people's mental health.
5. Personal factors, people's abilities, habits and many other aspects will directly or indirectly affect people's mental health, and people with strong abilities are more likely to get happiness in work and life. Some extreme people are more likely to have psychological or mental problems in their lives.
Third, how to face the pressure.
1. Facing the pressure
Avoiding, dodging, tossing and turning, and resisting all have no effect. Since what should come will come, facing the blade is probably the best choice. Take stress as a kind of inner tempering, a kind of life experience, how can you see the rainbow without experiencing wind and rain?
Embrace pressure, don't resist it. Can escape for a while, escape for a lifetime. We often presuppose many difficulties in our minds, but what we really face may be a paper tiger. Even if it is true, why are you afraid? Be brave and strong.
2. Do it now. Jiang Yang said, "Your problem is that you read too little and think too much." Wang Xiaobo said: "All human sufferings are essentially anger at their incompetence." . This may be a common problem for most people. We have many dreams, but we stop. We boiled frogs in warm water and left everything in our imagination.
A friend is so mobile that he can't wait to go to work every minute. She is addicted to decision-making and execution. She enjoys the process from imagination to implementation to realization. She believes: "If you don't do it now, I'm afraid you will never do it."
There is a driving force in her heart, which allows her to accomplish everything independently without any external force. This makes her feel a sense of accomplishment in the process of doing things. As a result, it is conceivable that she is beautiful, powerful and successful.
be sure of oneself
Stress is a snob who bullies the weak and fears the strong. We are vulnerable, and the situation is getting worse. When we are strong, it will run away. Vulnerability is often synonymous with inferiority, inferiority to one's appearance or ability.
For people with low self-esteem, you can try to lose weight, skin care, learn to dress, or take a group of artistic photos. ...
If you feel inferior to your ability, you can try to strengthen your professional skills, learn from people and experts around you, devote yourself wholeheartedly and immerse yourself in thinking, and you will always touch some doorways.
Tell yourself with positive psychological hints that being more confident and more confident will make us take fewer detours.
4. Psychological counseling
If the pressure is too great to adjust itself, you should seek the help of professionals as soon as possible to avoid serious consequences caused by excessive pressure.
5. Auxiliary methods
Take a deep breath and relax: Taking a deep breath can relieve the emotional reaction that is about to erupt. Inhale through the nose, let the gas flow slowly through the abdomen, then to the ribs, and then exhale slowly through the nose, which helps to relieve emotions and reduce stress.
Muscle relaxation: within 3 minutes, you can repeat the following actions: sit down and close your eyes-continue to inhale while tightening your muscles as much as possible-slowly exhale the inhaled air to relax your body and breathe rhythmically for 20 seconds-repeating twice can make people relax.
Take a hot bath: Taking a hot bath is the oldest way to calm down. To relax yourself, it is best to soak in hot water slightly above body temperature for no more than 15 minutes. Proper exercise: Regular exercise is one of the most practical ways to relieve stress. You can choose suitable exercise methods according to your physical condition, such as walking, running, playing ball and swimming.
Fourth, how to maintain mental health.
1. Maintain emotional stability
A happy mood and a purposeful life can help people maintain emotional stability and keep their psychology in a positive state.
2. Enhance the control of emotions
Take an open learning method, actively deal with conflicts in life, constantly increase life experience, learn to cope with the changing external environment, and enhance the control of emotions.
3. Maintain the integrity and health of personality
Establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values, correctly evaluate your thoughts, feelings and behaviors, minimize the influence of negative emotions on yourself, and maintain the integrity and health of your personality.
Properly vent
Proper catharsis is one of the ways to keep mental health. Listening to music helps to relieve nervous mood, and chatting and developing hobbies also help to maintain emotional stability. You can ask professionals for help if necessary.