things You Should Know About Mental Wellness

MENTAL UNHEALTHINESS CAN START FROM ANYTHING 
An unfulfilling job, demanding parents, traffic and city hustle, unhealthy dieting, a not-so-perfect physique, failure to meet certain expectations,  yadda yadda.

In one way or the other, we can all relate to these, and they can be major causes of mental unhealthiness that we don’t really pay attention to, especially in this part of the world where things of such are quickly swept up with words like “these are menial issues” , meanwhile these factors could cause anxiety, hopelessness leading to depression, depression, overwhelming gloom, and sometimes,  physical sickness.

Mental health comes from the psyche -it could come from us competing ourselves, or with the overachiever syndrome, imposter syndrome, constantly taking in negative vibes, etc. These random feats can pique our psyche and give us anxiety,  panic attacks, ceaseless worrying, etc. that adversely affects our mental health , so we need to create and spread the awareness that we are all vulnerable to mental health issues and we should never feel bad or mentally retarded for seeking a psychiatrist’s or a counsellor’s service. 

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT;
According to WHO researchers, 1 in every 4 Nigeria  has mental health challenges,  which estimates to about 50 million Nigerians, but sadly, we have just 8 federal neuropsychiatric hospitals in the country and that leaves us with little or no efficiency to tackle this issue. Worse even, people who actually admit to have mental health challenges are stigmatized as unstable people, meanwhile the person gaslighting has a 96% probability of having a  mental health issues themselves that needs urgent addressing, but will never admit to it.

MYTHS OF MENTAL HEALTH IN NIGERIA.

The phrases “Africans are too strong for mental breakdown “, “We dey, no shaking”  “Therapy is such a waste, and never needed with us.” “Learning Psychology in African is so unneeded.” “Therapy is a luxury.” “Money and credit alerts is the only therapy needed.” “You’ll outgrow this.” and other stories, are all myths that needs to be vehemently tackled sooner than later, because mental health instability is real and eating into our lives and system while we carefreely do nothing about it.

BEAR THIS IN MIND;
Thing is , mental health issues do not always comes in packs of “maniacs ” and all -you can be seemingly perfect and fine with perhaps financial overload and a pretty good life, but none of that is a guarantee to sanity. 

Unattended mental issue can cause inefficiency in work places, at home, academic, etc, and to have a safe saner society, we need to be efficient in all these spaces, so mental health care is a must to achieve the best in all areas of our lives.
Your mental health runs your psyche, and it’s a no brainer to know that your mind runs your life because your life only gets better when your mind is.

-Queen