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- Mental health is really having the ability
to cope with whatever life happens to throw at you.
- It's having your life in balance all aspects.
So whether it's social, emotional, physical as well.
- Having a healthy mindset on going to school,
on going to work, or hanging out with your friends.
Doing whatever you do every day.
- But what about just like how one person
views themselves and their self image
and how they see themselves like deep down inside?
- Having the motivation to go out
and do the things that you want to do
and get out of life the things that you want to.
- We're all different and that's actually OK.
That's OK to be different and to have your own journey.
- It is normal to have like ups and down periods.
But it's a matter of whether or not
you can get yourself out of it.
And if it becomes forever and it's like
there's no light in the tunnel
then maybe that's a sign that something's up that's not right.
- When you lose the ability to be able to do the things that you
would normally do as a part of your everyday routine.
Going to work, going to school,
hanging out with your friends.
- And also losing interest in those things
that you would normally find really fun
or things that you're normally really motivated and keen to do.
- Yeah, and also you can find quite simple,
but previously simple tasks and trivial
to be very difficult.
- And it's how much it effects your life as a whole.
You know, if you stop seeing family,
friends, talking to people.
- Could be a lot of potential alcohol and drug abuse.
Struggling getting out of bed each day.
- It's also really different depending on the individual.
So for some people it might really
not be obvious to an outsider what's going on in their head.
- You can become confused and lost about who you are
and that can in turn make you very frustrated and irritated.
- It doesn't have to be something serious,
it could be that you're just stressed
and that you just need a bit of time out.
- Physical health impacts on mental health as well.
So it's stuff like going for a walk
or doing weights or what not, can impact
and help your sleep and help your mood.
- Getting back to the basics is the key
to start getting healthy again.
Like adequate sleep and proper diet.
- It's really important to have a really good network
or a support system, be it if it's some close friends
or even if it's close family, to support you.
- You can read, you can draw, you can paint,
you can do meditation.
You can do so many things, and it really depends
on who you are and what you enjoy.
- Journaling, I find, really helps,
because you're letting all that is on your chest out.
- Talk to people about maybe things
that are effecting you so that
they don't turn into bigger problems.
- Try and replace those negative thoughts
with more realistic or positive thoughts.
- Go watch a movie, go listen to music.
Just not letting them spiral out of control.
- When you're feeling down, it's really easy
to feel like that's the only way
you can ever feel, and that there's actually
nothing else except that feeling.
What you've got to remember is
that always does have the potential to get better
and it's not the end of the world.
Things can change.
- Your local headspace centre.
- eHeadspace.
- Your school counsellor.
- Parents and friends.
- Your local GP.
- When you go to one of these services
everything is confidential.
- It can be really scary for the first time
to go and talk to someone who you don't know
about such personal things.
But it really does help.
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