How to Improve Your Emotional Health

Mind is All

Feeling sad? Having trouble finding the positive? The following suggestions are intended to help you boost your emotional health.

Find a form of exercise you like. Just twenty minutes of exercise each day will improve your mood since your body will start producing endorphins at that point. You'll want to try all kinds of exercise until you determine what you like to do enough to do it on a regular basis. You'll discover how exercise can tone you up and help you feel more optimistic over all.

Spend time with people who lift your mood. People need social connections with other people in order to feel fulfilled. Reach out to a coworker, a friend, a neighbor, or a family member and spend time doing something together. Examine your life, looking to see if work or parenting or something else has been dominating your life, and then make time to be with someone who will help you see the positives in life.

Give a chuckle. Believe it or not, laughing helps you feel better. Go to a funny musical, watch some humorous YouTube videos, or read the comics--anything that makes you chuckle. Research local laughter therapy centers. No kidding! Laughter therapy has helped many people get a better perspective.

Get some nutritional support in the form of D and B vitamins and Saint John's Wort. Supplements may give you just enough support to help you experience a mood shift. All of these vitamins enhance your emotional health. Check with your doctor before taking Saint John’s Wort if you have any allergies to plants or pollen.

Set up an appointment with a therapist. Sometimes we just need a safe space to spill it all, and a therapist can give you suggestions that will be tailored to your life situation. Your insurance will most likely cover several visits, and it often just takes a visit or two to get perspective and make a plan.

Make sure you take time to stay emotionally healthy. Your emotional health is linked to your physical health, which also affects your relationships with others. Take care of yourself!