WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE WORDS MENTAL HEALTH? DO YOU KNOW WHAT GOOD MENTAL IS? AND WHY DO YOU THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS?

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Originally posted by BEE:
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE WORDS MENTAL HEALTH? DO YOU KNOW WHAT GOOD MENTAL IS? AND WHY DO YOU THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS?

I'm gonna take a stab at it...

Genetics. that's the answer for anything about you LOL

oh no. ...well. ...jmo ...and im gonna try and make it short lol....
of coarse there is mental health just as physical health....your brain is an organ that can have problems just as any other organ in your body....
body and mind go together more than people think ...and good mental health is possible too , as there is good physical health.

how mental health is treated is another discussion that i may stay out of lol rof! ...
thanks for posting! and welcome BEE ...

Great post, Majik. Yep, mind-body-spirit connection is strong as h.e.ll. Bee, I love your name and welcome!!

Why do people have mental health problems? Here's my opinion, partial list

1. Genetic predispostion
2. Huge, devastating events like death of a loved one, a serious accident, bankruptcy, being the victim of a crime, etc.
3. When the pain you are carrying is greater than your abilities to cope or your resources to cope.
4. Child abuse, domestic abuse
5. Lack of money, lack of friends, lack of love, lack of work, lack of relaxation, lack of belief in anything
6. Serious or persistent bad health (physical) that leads to emotional/mental stress and depression
7. Being homeless
8. Living in an unsafe environment due to abuse, war, poverty, etc., etc.
9. Loneliness, habits that hurt you or make you sick like abusing drugs, alcohol, not eating enuf, never eating healthy food, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, no ways to cope with stress like religion or spirituality or meditation or yoga or just laughing and having fun
10. Surrounding yourself with negative people, like those who physically, emotionally or sexually abuse you, or take your money, or generally treat you like s.h it

Quite a list lol. I'll stop now.

the real truth is that everybody will experience some level of mantal illness/mental distress in there lives wether they realise it or not. it could be something as simple as anxiety, stress or worry. you may not even realise it as many people cope on there own or with the help of family and friends its only when you realy cant cope and end up asking for help that you realise. there is also alot of stigma around mental health because people dont know inuff about it and the only time its in the press is when something bad has happened and that to me seems wrong. im not ashamed to say i have mental health problems and i need help to cope but most people are. i know what caused my problems and im trying to sort them out. there is a question id like to ask: have you had any mental health problems/experienced mental distress? and are you ashamed/scared to admit it?

thanks Phone! i have a feeling we this thread is gonna be a long one lol....im tryin to read before i speak on this one! i hope everyone puts a post. ..about what they think.....kewl. ... *
and i believe completely that LIFE is a journey of learning by mistakes and some mistakes are harder than others. ...we are ALL working the plan that is planned for us...and when we learn everything we should know about ourself ...i think thats when you die. ...and i believe the state of mind you are in when you die...is the state of mind you will have for eternity ...so i believe thats what all the "planning" is about in the Bible. ....and it doesnt have to be a mistake either it could be any act of kindness , etc. ...any physical or mental act. ...and ill ttyl about this lol.....good thread. ....thank you .....

thats why i try to live by taking it as it comes. ....ya know. ..

i beleve everything in our lives happens for a reason and i know that there are people that have influenced me people i am glad i met but had i not had the problems ive had i would never have met them. it has also changed what i want to do with my life i didnt have any clue what to do with my life and now i am doing a course in mental health work and realy want to work in the feild i know i have loads of problems of my own the biggest of which is my inability to talk to people but im making changes in my life and im ditermined im not giving up without a fight and im going to put my experiences to good use to help others.i mean what different lives we may all have had if we had not been influenced by lisa maries music the way i think we all have, music she may not have written if she had not been through the things she has in her life and what a different person she may have become

Dam, Majik, you are wise and deep. I'm going to call you Mystical Majik or Majikal

THANK YOU lol....im very silly if you knew me lol...just alot of experience in this subject lmao. ...but thank you ...

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Originally posted by BEE:
i beleve everything in our lives happens for a reason and i know that there are people that have influenced me people i am glad i met but had i not had the problems ive had i would never have met them. it has also changed what i want to do with my life i didnt have any clue what to do with my life and now i am doing a course in mental health work and realy want to work in the feild i know i have loads of problems of my own the biggest of which is my inability to talk to people but im making changes in my life and im ditermined im not giving up without a fight and im going to put my experiences to good use to help others.i mean what different lives we may all have had if we had not been influenced by lisa maries music the way i think we all have, music she may not have written if she had not been through the things she has in her life and what a different person she may have become

it always helps to help other people ....you learn alot about yerself. ...and YES im sooooo glad LISA is writing.....YAY LISA ! *

"THANK YOU lol....im very silly if you knew me lol...just alot of experience in this subject lmao. ...but thank you ..."


Majik, I'm on a mac and it doesn't do the "originally posted by" with a line after the quote like it does when I'm on a PC. Ohwell ....
Wanted to say: You're very welcome and I look forward to getting to know the silly side of you!!

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Originally posted by majik:

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Originally posted by BEE:
i beleve everything in our lives happens for a reason and i know that there are people that have influenced me people i am glad i met but had i not had the problems ive had i would never have met them. it has also changed what i want to do with my life i didnt have any clue what to do with my life and now i am doing a course in mental health work and realy want to work in the feild i know i have loads of problems of my own the biggest of which is my inability to talk to people but im making changes in my life and im ditermined im not giving up without a fight and im going to put my experiences to good use to help others.i mean what different lives we may all have had if we had not been influenced by lisa maries music the way i think we all have, music she may not have written if she had not been through the things she has in her life and what a different person she may have become

it always helps to help other people ....you learn alot about yerself. ...and YES im sooooo glad LISA is writing.....YAY LISA ! *

that is so true it always helps me to help other people and i am also so glad lisa is writing she is such a wise woman there is always something in one of her songs to help me think about something thats bothering me. i love listening to music it helps me sort my head out when im feeling all stressed and screwed up especially lisas music just listening to her voice helps relax me

^^^I agree with Majik and Bee. I'm glad Lisa's music is here to help us. And helping others def makes our own livs better.

you can really learn alot about yourself from helping others it teaches you so much about the person you are and when the people you help thank you for helping them you learn how other people see you and all the good they see in you when all you can see of yourself sometimes is bad. it can give you the confidence and strength to go on.