How To Improve Your Physical Health Through Better Mental Health

In today’s fast-paced environment, stress and anxiety are inevitable. People of all ages experience emotional stress and anxiety because of their unhealthy lifestyles. One reason this continues to grow is our 24/7 connectivity, and our dangerous habit to seek validation on social media. A lot of people tend to ignore the importance of maintaining and improving their mental health. People suffering from various mental illnesses tend to develop chronic diseases due to their poor mental health. Instead of taking over-the-counter antidepressants or drugs, it is better to control these symptoms naturally at home. You can even get professional help if you don’t know how to improve mental health and cure it yourself.

Whether you are diagnosed with clinical depression or feeling low due to lack of physical activity because of the lockdown. You can improve your physical and mental health by making small changes in your lifestyle and daily routine. Similarly, if you are already suffering from a chronic illness, you can control it to a great extent by improving your mental health. In this article, we will discuss the strong relationship between a person’s psychological and physical health.

Insomnia and other sleeping disorders 

There is no doubt that our brain is responsible for the smooth functioning of our overall body. 

Our brain produces certain chemicals, including dopamine and serotonin, which is responsible for affecting our emotional health. If our body is unable to produce these chemicals or produces these chemicals in excessive amounts, then it can lead to various sleeping disorders like insomnia and sleep apnea. Without an adequate amount of sleep, we may feel tired and sleepy during the day. Therefore, to avoid sleeping disorders and sleep well at night, you must improve your mental health.

Heart ailments

Numerous studies reveal poor mental health or excessive stress and anxiety to be one of the main reasons behind elevated blood pressure levels. When we are always under stress and anxiety, we may experience poor blood circulation in our body. If high blood pressure levels are not controlled in time, they may cause other severe physical health problems like stroke and heart attacks. When we are under stress, we develop poor eating habits as well. Eating foods that are high in fats and salt can increase our blood pressure levels. This, in turn, elevates our stress levels even more. Therefore, when we are mentally strong and healthy, we can lower our risk of getting various types of heart disease and ailments.

Obesity

As mentioned above, when people are under stress or anxiety, they tend to develop poor eating habits. People either start to binge eat or don’t eat at all. Some people even begin having alcohol and other harmful drugs that are bad for our overall health. Due to these poor eating habits, people end up gaining extra weight. A lot of people start eating sugary foods and caffeinated beverages when they are feeling low or sad. This is equally bad for our weight. If a 

person is unable to improve his mental health, he will keep on gaining weight and may end up being obese or overweight. Therefore, by enhancing your mental health, you can prevent gaining excessive body weight.

Chronic illnesses 

Many different types of chronic illnesses tend to elevate or get triggered by stress and anxiety. Various skin conditions are often triggered by emotional stress as well. People often get pimples when they are under pressure. Chronic urticaria and hives are often triggered by excessive fear and anxiety levels. Some people often develop insomnia when they are suffering from mental stress. Many feel nauseous and experience painful migraines when they are under stress and anxiety.  Even if a person is already suffering from any chronic illnesses mentioned above, he can control it to a great extent by improving his mental health.

To sum up

When a person is feeling low or depressed, he may ignore taking care of his nails, skin, bones, and hair. People who are suffering from mental illnesses often stay indoors and don’t prefer going out in public and interacting with people. This way, our body is unable to get fresh air, sunlight, and physical exercise. This can affect our bone health as our body gets deprived of vitamin D, which we get from sunlight. Lack of vitamin D can make our bones, nails, and hair brittle and weak. Therefore, if we don’t work on improving our mental health, we may end up ruining our overall appearance and bone health.

Author Bio

Umer Ishfaq is an experienced writer. He began his writing career with Techvando. Although he enjoys writing about a variety of topics, health care his passion. He enjoys educating people and readers on how to live a healthier and happier life.

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