{"id":2467,"date":"2023-06-22T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T05:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wise-mag.com\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2023-06-24T11:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T03:41:28","slug":"tips-to-maintain-mental-health-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/22\/tips-to-maintain-mental-health-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Maintain Mental Health & Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mental health affects more than 450 million people and 1 in 3 Malaysians have mental health problems. <\/strong>

Mental health and wellbeing are just as important aspects as one\u2019s physical health. Positive mental health and wellbeing enables one to function well, have meaningful social connections, positive self-esteem and be able to better cope with life’s ups and downs.

Hence, here are a few tips<\/strong> that can help maintain your mental health and wellbeing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Journal, talk about or express your feelings<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Keep note of your emotions in the journal and your list of items to be grateful for. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    2. Reduce alcohol intake<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    Make decisions with a clear mind and not under the influence of alcohol<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n


    3. Avoid drug use <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    Stay away from drugs as it causes impaired judgement and prolonged consumption of drugs causes mental damage <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    4. Stay active and make healthier food choices <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    Stay active and fit as it works wonders for your mental and physical health. Exercise releases happy hormones, <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n


    5. Develop new skills and hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    Pick up new hobbies like photography that may add value to your skillset and resume<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    6. Be realistic with goals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    Set SMART goals and put in the right amount of work to achieve your goals. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    7. Be kind and less critical to yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    Be kind and courteous to yourself because the only person we have to live with in this world is ourselves.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n


    8. Get enough sleep<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    To get minimum 8 hours of sleep. Use a tracker to track your hours of deep sleep.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    9. Take time off for holidays<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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    Holidays can help to break monotony and give you a new perspective and insight on the different lives, cultures and habits of different groups of people.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n


    References:
    1. Mental Health Problems in Malaysia, Ministry of Health.
    2. What works: protect your mental health and prevent problems. Mental Health Foundation.
    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Mental health affects more than 450 million people and 1 in 3 Malaysians have mental health problems. Mental health and wellbeing are just as important aspects as one\u2019s physical health. Positive mental health and wellbeing enables one to function well, have meaningful social connections, positive self-esteem and be able to better cope with life’s ups…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":2484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,2],"tags":[22,309,311,312,310],"class_list":["post-2467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wise-health","category-wise-lifestyle","category-wise-moves","tag-health","tag-mental","tag-relax","tag-stress","tag-wellbeing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions\/2525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise-mag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}