Tips Will Help Maintain Your Mental Health

Tips Will Help Maintain Your Mental Health

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Mental fatigue can affect anyone, especially in the modern era. Pressure can come from work, family, and the environment. In addition, pressure can also arise from cyberspace, aka social media.

Excessive feeling of fatigue can make a person become stressed. Even worse can go to the stage of depression. Therefore, it is very important to make every effort so that your mental health is maintained.

Here are 5 tips that you can try to avoid stress and depression.

1. The power of "No":

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It's very difficult to reject someone who asks us something. This is because we think that if we refuse, our relationship with someone can get in trouble.

However, always agreeing every request is not good either! You might feel very tired and can actually create a bad relationship. Using the word "no" will save your life. You also save time and limit in a relationship.

2. Write a journal:

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By writing a journal every day, you will find things to be grateful for. Fatigue and stress can be reduced. In addition, by writing a journal, you can also track what causes you to feel tired and depressed.

Not only that, by rereading the journal you wrote, you can find ways to overcome things that make you mentally exhausted. 

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Lack of quality sleep makes one easily tired, both physically and mentally. Therefore, it is important to get a good night's sleep every day. However, this is difficult for some people who often experience sleep disorders.

You can do yoga which can help you sleep faster. You can see the video tutorial from YouTube. In addition, you can drink herbal tea and avoid gadgets. That way, your sleep will be more qualified.

4. Create and do a list of things that make you happy:

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Doing pleasant things is one of the treatments for mental health. But you realize, when you feel tired and depressed, it's very difficult to find things that can make you happy again.

Therefore, write a list of fun things that are usually effective in becoming the mood booster. Immediately apply when you feel tired of everything.

5. Get massage:

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Getting a massage will reduce the fatigue you feel, both physically and mentally. This is because with massage, your body and mind will relax. The given massage will increase serotonin and dopamine levels, which are neurotransmitter compounds that reduce depression and provide comfort.

Those are five easy ways you can do it when you are at a point of stress and depression, Don't let stress stop you.