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OUR MENTAL HEALTH POLICE

By warrant officer Madiha Al-Awadi

10 Steps to boost your

mental health

Enjoying good mental and psychological health means that you feel more comfortable and that you are able to
deal with daily life with self-confidence, as mental health is no less important than physical health, and here
are steps you can take to enhance your mental and psychological health:

Communicating with others: Control the stress on you: Find support by sharing:
Maintaining strong relationships with We all suffer from stress in our lives, Sharing your problems with others and with
those around you and those who support but learning how to deal with it helps to those who have had similar experiences
you contribute to enriching your life. Giving maintain our mental and psychological can help you find a solution and make you
more of your time and effort in creating health. feel less isolated.
strong relationships can have great returns
Volunteer in activities: Learn new things:
on your mental health.
Volunteer part of your time for something Learn new skills, challenge yourself to
Dedicating time for pleasure and you care about, help your neighbor, plant achieve a specific goal, you can develop
happiness:
a garden or do something for a friend, yourself at work, stick to a goal related to
Give yourself time for activities that you there are many great ways in which you fitness or learn to cook a new dish. Learning
love, to practice hobbies, and projects can contribute or help that enhance your improves your mental fitness, while the
that make you happy, be spontaneous and sense of self and your place in the world. struggle to achieve your goals enhances the
creative, walk a little ,read a book, draw The effort you exert to improve the lives of skills you have and strengthens confidence
pictures with your children, play with your others definitely helps you improve your and gives you a sense of Progress and
pets, do whatever you like to do. life too. achievement.
Confidence-Building: Take care of yourself: Identify and deal with different
Recognize your strengths and weaknesses, Be active and eat well. This helps you to moods:
accept them and do your best to boost your stay healthy. Both, mental and physical We all need to find safe and positive ways
self-confidence health, are closely related. It is easy to to express feelings of anger, sadness, joy
feel good about your life when your body and fear.
Share your interests:
is comfortable. You don’t have to go to the
Join a club with people who share your gym, plant the garden, dance, and walk, Learn to find peace with yourself:
interests, being part of a group gives you a yes, all activities that help you. However, Know who you are, what make you happy
sense of belonging and has a good influence you have to combine physical activities and learn to find a balance between what
on your mental and psychological health; with a balanced diet that strengthens your you can do and what you cannot change
join a gym, band, dance class, theater or a body and mind and keeps you in a better about yourself.
book club. condition internally and externally.

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