What aspects does mental health include?

In recent years, medical technology has developed very rapidly, and many physical diseases have scientific treatments, so the harm of physical diseases to humans is decreasing. But at the same time, the harm of mental health problems has become more and more serious, and compared with traditional physical diseases, psychological diseases are more difficult to treat. Therefore, we must pay attention to mental health issues in our daily lives. Human mental health includes the following contents.

What aspects does mental health include?

1. Have a normal level of intelligence: Intelligence is a combination of human observation, attention, imagination, memory, and thinking ability. Normal intelligence is the most fundamental psychological prerequisite for all human activities. If there is an intellectual disability, the socialization process will be difficult to progress, psychological development will inevitably be hindered, and it will be difficult to survive on your own. Mentally healthy people can maintain curiosity and desire for the unknown in work, study, and life, and can use their intelligence and abilities to achieve success.

2. Be able to understand and accept yourself: Have a proper understanding and appropriate evaluation of yourself, and be able to accept your current situation well, know your strengths and weaknesses, be willing to play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses to develop your potential, not be too demanding on yourself, be confident and optimistic, and not be too inferior or too conceited.

3. Ability to establish harmonious relationships with others: A person’s interpersonal relationships can best reflect his or her mental health level. Mentally healthy people are happy to interact with others, can get along with others with respect, trust, understanding, tolerance and friendliness, can share, accept and give love and friendship, have stable interpersonal relationships, have trustworthy friends, and have a strong social support system.

4. Good at regulating and controlling emotions: Mentally healthy people can often maintain a happy, cheerful, optimistic and satisfied mood, and are full of hope for life and the future. Although there are negative experiences such as sadness, worry, sorrow, worry, and fear, they are able to vent them appropriately, actively regulate and control their emotions, not be controlled by emotions, and not let emotions affect their normal life. The so-called emotional intelligence reflects this ability.

5. Have good ability to adapt to the environment: The ability to adapt to the environment includes the ability to correctly understand the environment and the ability to correctly handle the relationship between individuals and the environment. A mentally healthy person is a good adaptor to the environment. He has an objective understanding and evaluation of his environment, always keeps himself in good contact with society, has ideals in life but is not divorced from reality. He can adjust his needs and desires in the face of reality and make his thoughts and behaviors coordinated with society.