Mental Health Awareness

By Happy Humble Hub

Mental health is an evolving subject and covers a wide range of diagnoses concerning the mind which can directly and indirectly impact your physical body.

Every day, we are busy with work, friends, and family – so when is there time to take care of ourselves? We wake up, work all day, and go to sleep.

When we keep procrastinating in taking care of our body and mind, we unknowingly accumulate stress that comes in different forms. We find ourselves getting more annoyed, easily frustrated, becoming more passive aggressive, and letting our frustration out on people we care about inadvertently hurting them and ourselves.

Most insurance covers mental and behavioral health physician office visits and/or telehealth options.

What you can do yourself is to start focusing on preventative measures to protect your body and mind from accumulating stress. We forget that physical and mental stress isn’t something that happens over night; it’s a gradual process.

Here are some quick and simple activities under five minutes we can all do together every day:

Morning Belly Breathing: When you wake up, lie on your back or remain sitting on your bed/couch.

• Inhale slowly through your nose while counting to 4 in your head and simultaneously, slowly push your belly out as far as possible.

• Breathe out slowly through your mouth while counting to 7 in your head.

• Repeat this for 5 more times

Day break: Take a walk around your neighborhood block or circle around inside your living space. While you’re walking, clear your head space and describe the shape of a cloud you see.

Night time language learning before sleep: When you’re on your bed/couch, learn another language for five minutes. We hope these activities can help you in some small ways. In order to be there for our loved ones, we need to be there for ourselves as well. Starting now and starting small goes a long way.