On celebrating mental health 365 days a year
Last week we ‘celebrated’ World Mental Health day. How many of you did know World Mental Health day falls on the tenth of October? No worries if you didn’t.
I have to say I wouldn’t know either if I didn’t stumble upon it on my friend’s Instagram stories. If it wouldn’t be for the Instagram stories, then definitely for a sudden surge in articles related to mental health ever-increasing problems across other media channels.
Yes, ‘celebrating’ the importance of mental health is genuinely excellent. The only thing I find sad is this. As soon as the day is over, we go back to our regular lives. Wast majority of us will store the mental health into a file and rediscover it again the year after.
Despite the ever-increasing people suffering from mental health issues, we don’t realize the following: Our mental health deserves attention 365 days a year. One would think that in such an ‘advanced society’ [sarcasm], it would be the opposite trend.
The thing is your mind, emotions and feelings are with you and shape you 24/7.
So, my question is:
How often do you check in with yourself?
