Being emotionally or mentally healthy means that your mind and emotions are functioning as they should, without anxiety or depression. Causes of mental unwell feeling include physical disease, stress, genetics and mental abuse. For example, being constantly and unfairly criticized can affect your emotional well-being. Also, sometimes depression is caused by chemical changes in your body.
Maintaining mental or emotional health is not as specific as maintaining physical health. Positive reinforcement is a way to keep the right mental attitude, as opposed to thinking of things in negative terms. You also want to avoid situations that cause excess stress, or if you are in such situations, to cope with it. For example, giving a presentation in front of your staff can be stressful, but excess worry is counterproductive. Good preparation and positive visualization can reduce the stress. Also, remember the adage: "Don't sweat the small stuff. Everything is small stuff."
But anxiety and depression may still be there. If you talk about your problems outside it may be difficult as people may be less willing to offer support and empathy if someone is suffering from a depression or anxiety. Those with a history of depression may find that others become uncomfortable or distrustful around them and that they even may lose contact with family and friends. The widespread opinion that people with severe depression could simply 'pull themselves together', is reflecting a very negative and inaccurate view of this disorder. Stigma may stop people from seeking help when they experience mental health difficulties. Those who become concerned about the mental health of themselves or someone they're close to may be reluctant to talk to others about the situation. Often people do not want to acknowledge their need for support or simply don’t know how to raise the issue with family or friends This is a serious problem, since early identification and treatment is generally associated with better outcomes. We are likely to empathize with a person if we understand something about their circumstances and feelings. It should be clear that mental health is about balance in our thoughts, feelings, behavior and relationships with others.
Our burden sharing programs are focused on people who are feeling anxious and depressive and like to share their feelings with others. We offer our burden sharing programs in an environment where the help comes from others which know the pain of depression but sharing burdens with other people makes the individual burden less heavy and seeing that one is not alone with having problems may also help. In addition the talks within the groups or the individual with therapist will stay there and will not go out to others.