What is emotional and mental health?

What is emotional and mental health?

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

What are some examples of emotional health?

Depression, anxiety, stress, poor body image, grief, loss, a major change in your life such as becoming a new parent can all affect your mental and emotional health and day to day living. Sometimes it is hard to know if what you are experiencing is depression or sadness, worry or anxiety.

What is the difference between wellbeing and mental health?

Mental health refers to our psychological or emotional health and wellbeing. It is about how we think, how we feel, how we behave, how life affects us and how we cope with it, how we engage with others, and the choices we make.