Your mental health is extremely important and should be looked after every day of your life. It’s normal for everyone to have down days and up days, which is why by looking after your mental health you will be aware of the days you are down and can make changes to help it. When it comes to helping your mental health, there are many things that you can do to help. Eating the correct foods, looking after your hygiene and making sure you exercise enough as well as other methods. Below we look into three ways you can look after your mental health.
Make sure you look after your hygiene
People don’t often speak about it, but hygiene is very important when it comes to your mental health. Just imagine living in a place that is messy, doesn’t smell great and isn’t looked after very well. Bad hygiene can make you feel down and cause others to avoid you as they don’t think you are very hygienic. If your home has bad air quality this can make you feel unwell, provide nasty smells and potentially damage your interiors. This can also extend to your work, if you are a business owner you want to make sure your workplace is clean with quality air coming through by using a company like Clean Air UK
Eat the correct foods
Have you ever analysed and paid attention to the foods you regularly eat? Are you eating the recommended five pieces of fruit a day? You are what you eat after all! By not eating well, you will not only put on weight but also start to feel lethargic. These can have knock-on effects on your mental health as well as your physical health. There are plenty of apps that you can use to track what you eat which will tell you what nutrients you are low on and what you are doing well on.
Exercise on a regular basis
Exercise is important for many aspects of your life. It helps with your overall fitness, helps reduce the chances of you getting ill, increases the strength of your heart and looks after your mental health. Exercising allows you to switch off from your everyday stresses and live in the moment. There are many different types of exercises that you can do depending on your interest. Why not take up running or swimming? If you enjoy sports, you could join your local football team or start playing some tennis whilst the weather is getting nicer. There are plenty of exercises you can do without leaving the comfort of your own home. If you have any friends who enjoy sports, why not convince them to join you and start taking part in a new sport together.
Final thoughts
What methods do you use to help with your mental health? Are there any methods that you think should be included in the list above? What point from the list above did you find most useful? Let us know in the comment box below.
This is so true a clean space really does help to uplift your mood
I love doing a deep clean – I feel so much better!
Of all the things I do to better my mental health, exercise and writing definitely help the most 🙂
I need to get back to exercising. I have never done it from a weight loss perspective, only ever to help my mental health.
Writing also really helps me.
Fab tips! I always find that I end up becoming more stressed when I have a messy space, so being clutter free is always super important. I also really need to work on maintaining a healthier diet. Thank you so much for sharing x
Cleaning always makes me feel great. I keep thinking about the phrase, “you are what you eat”, and it is so true!
One of the things I do to ease my mental health is to get out in nature (specifically the local botanical gardens); especially if I can just take my time and wander around taking photos!
The tips you shared are really useful — thanks!
I love just wandering around and taking photos. We all need time to do this!
This is a great post – these are small things that are not too hard to do for self-care! For me, I like to make sure I get outside every day. Having dogs helps with this – they don’t usually care what the weather is! They need to go out in snow, rain, and heat, so I get out there, too. Thanks for sharing this – it’s such a good reminder!
The dogs sound like a great motivator to get out in nature.
These are good tips to take care of our mental health. I realised since the past two years that the food we eat and our physical activities also involve our mental health. Thank you for sharing.
I totally agree with the food we eat part. I feel horrible when I eat rubbish and my skin gets really bad.
Journaling is good for mental health. I go for walks. It helps in getting nice thoughts. I write poetry for supporting my mental health. I suffer from depression.
I am sorry to hear you suffer from depression and I am glad you have some techniques to help manage it.
These are some good points to think about when trying to take care of your mental health and ensure you are taking care of yourself. What you eat can make a huge difference to your mental health as well as your gut health which controls pain – I have all learned that. Thank you for sharing.
Lauren x
Oh, I didn’t know about controlling pain. I have learnt something new. Will look into it.
Mental health is so important and all these points I try to do in my life. I mean sometimes it doesn’t happen but that is ok. I definitely agree a messy space is just not the one for me. Also eating well and getting exercise for me is SO important for me to feel good and look after myself. Thank you for sharing xx
I don’t always make time for these things either, but I think it’s important to stay accountable and realise you need to make time if you haven’t for a few days.
Exercise always makes my mental health better although when I’m in a low space with my mental health, I never want to exercise, it’s a vicious cycle.
It’s totally a vicious cycle. You want to get out because you know you will feel better, but just don’t have the energy. I know that feeling.