User:Janelys101/Mental health

What is mental health? As seen in the article, What is Mental Health?, mental health is essentially how we think and how we are doing psychologically and emotionally. Mental health is something that is consistently changing as we have different experiences in life and as our perspective changes based on the things we go through. A few things that contribute to mental health are biological factors, such as genes or brain chemistry, life experiences, such as trauma or abuse, or a family history of mental health problems (What is Mental Health?). Struggling with mental health can affect you in all aspects of your life. Issues with mental health can cause issues with physical health such as an increased risk of stroke, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease (Learn About Mental Health - Mental Health - CDC).

There are a variety of different mental health issues ranging from anxiety to depression. Every one of these is unique with different issues of its own, yet what they share is that they tend to affect the way a person lives their life or sees things in their mind. Mental health is something extremely important and it needs to be spoken about more often.

Knowing if you are having an issue with mental health is often times noticeable to yourself, however the issue arises when you are determining if someone you know may be struggling with their mental health. people who are suffering with their mental health will often times appear normal in front of others and show their symptoms when they are alone or in given moments, for this reason, it is extremely important to constantly check up on those you care about to make sure they are doing fine in life and their mental health is doing just fine.

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 * Mental Health. (2020, January 23). Retrieved from https://www.who.int/mental_health/en/
 * Mental Health - Home Page - CDC. (2018, January 26). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/index.htm
 * Mental Health and Mental Disorders. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/mental-health-and-mental-disorders
 * What Is Mental Health? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.mentalhealth.gov/basics/what-is-mental-health