Get informed : Mental health
Questions about healthy mind
Mental health
What is it?
• Mental health is an element of your overall health (just like physical health) that’s essential to your survival.
• It guides your behaviour and your way of thinking, communicating and understanding the world around you.
• Good mental health means:
• A mental health problem can prevent you from functioning at your full potential, just like a physical problem would prevent you from functioning fully (e.g. a broken leg would prevent you from getting around easily or from taking part in sports).
• It guides your behaviour and your way of thinking, communicating and understanding the world around you.
• Good mental health means:
- Feeling good in your mind
- Experiencing emotions (joy, pain, pleasure, disappointment, etc.)
- Enjoying your relationships with others
- Being able to adapt to different situations in life
- Being able to handle difficult moments and resolve problems
• A mental health problem can prevent you from functioning at your full potential, just like a physical problem would prevent you from functioning fully (e.g. a broken leg would prevent you from getting around easily or from taking part in sports).