SELF-MONITORING AS A FACET OF MENTAL HEALTH

AS a biproduct of the ferocious world that we are currently a part of; with all the changing times, the emotional ‘rollercoasters’ that we ride on everyday including all the mental adjustments we are subject to as life progresses, we tend to become so heavily engrossed in our situations and life events, we begin to stop giving ourselves attention.

Giving yourself attention can mean a lot of things, however, for this instance we assume the attention you give to your mental space, your capacity to process and heal from things and your all round psycho-emotional well-being.
We invest a lot of ourselves, our physical and emotional resources to participate in relationships with family, building our children, focusing on our careers, among other things so much so, it not only takes its toll on us, but it’s also usually very late when we realise that it has.

In essence, it becomes almost (to reference an old practice) a ‘barter’ trade, whereby all our social involvements; whether for business or pleasure, are placed on the ‘bill’, which for instance sake, happens to be your mental health.

Discredit

The point I am attempting to make is not to discredit all that we make time for and choose to emotionally and psychologically invest in, but rather to bring to light that there are benefits attached to sometimes taking time off, mentally unwinding and taking time to escape the mental exertions that we are constantly under.

Therefore, as much as it is needed for us to be active participants in the ‘thrills’ of everyday life, it is equally as vital to pay close attention from time to time, to our own individual mental health and how well or ill we may be. To sort of put into perspective the significance of having the ability to and making the time to ‘take a step back’ to do a mini-introspection, is it allows you to learn how to handle and manage your life events better.

As already mentioned, when we get swamped within our lives, we are not allowed the time nor the comfortable emotional space to fully express whatever it is that we may be experiencing, something which cannot always be healthy. Therefore, when you allow yourself sometime away from it all, you allow yourself enough of a platform to re-evaluate your emotions, learn how you can cope with the same or similar emotions in future while improving your all-round emotional intelligence.

Emotions

Also, an improved emotional intelligence can also make you a better member of society: At home, school or at the workplace, mainly because there are not many people who find it pleasing to deal with an individual whose emotions are inconsiderate, raging and all over the place. People would much rather work with an individual who is the opposite; and that is an internal process that not many people get to master.

For some, it is through isolation that they find or feel as the perfect condition to disconnect and recharge: Not taking phone calls, staying off social media to the extremes of moving to a new city, all to protect and preserve their mental health.

We are currently in the midst of arguably the most challenging of time periods that mankind has ever existed in the face of and the evidence suggests our mental health has to be built on resilience and rock steadiness based on how heavily it is being tested. It is, therefore, extremely paramount that you assume full responsibility to nurse and nurture it. Send comments to runsford0505@gmail.com.

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