This is very true. It takes a strong person to look at the world around them and understand that there are things they simply can’t affect and move forward. We can strive to be better in our own lives and improve the spaces around us. Sometimes (a lot of times) that’s all we can do.
Mental health can be very low level too. Like if you’re afraid of going outside you can slowly get closer to going outside and it’s not a matter of philosophy at all. It’s just remapping the unconscious associations between stimuli and stress response.
Physical exercise has been one of the biggest things for me with mental health and it’s just altering the amount of stress I encounter before my brain decides it’s time for fight or flight. The only part of that I’m consciously participating in is the decision and will to exercise. The shift in my mind happens automatically after that.
I mean a big portion of the mental health struggle is developing oneself into a thing that can handle more danger and calamity without breaking down.
This is very true. It takes a strong person to look at the world around them and understand that there are things they simply can’t affect and move forward. We can strive to be better in our own lives and improve the spaces around us. Sometimes (a lot of times) that’s all we can do.
Mental health can be very low level too. Like if you’re afraid of going outside you can slowly get closer to going outside and it’s not a matter of philosophy at all. It’s just remapping the unconscious associations between stimuli and stress response.
Physical exercise has been one of the biggest things for me with mental health and it’s just altering the amount of stress I encounter before my brain decides it’s time for fight or flight. The only part of that I’m consciously participating in is the decision and will to exercise. The shift in my mind happens automatically after that.