YOGYAKARTA Someone may excel and have a brilliant career. Some even have social skills so that they can smoothly navigate the social situation and handle it. However, someone who has such a positive track record does not guarantee mental health. According to the author and researcher Alice Boyes, Ph.D., here's why a mentally strong person is not necessarily mentally healthy.
A person may seem tough when they are struggling so it's more difficult to recognize when they need help. In fact, there is a very long pause between when people first experience mental health symptoms and look for ways to deal with it or therapy. This pause is often chronic, not days or weeks.
A mentally strong person may pretend to be fine. Some people develop extreme resilience so as to use it in the form of control or survival strategies. This is what covers the deeper issue, namely about poor mental health.
A person who is tough and has resilience, is often praised by the public who may be ignorant of mental health struggles. Not to mention the mental health fighter stigmatization. Your colleagues may not know when you wake up at 3 am and think about the promotion that leather friends have just received.
Mentally strong people may underestimate their vulnerability to mental health problems. These mistakes cause a person to force themselves beyond a healthy limit.
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Mental power is built gradually. But negative events in life can rapidly worsen mental health. Obviously Boyes reported by Psychology Today, Monday, March 31, rejection, loss, and depletion of social trust can damage mental health for months even if you are a very competent adult in certain identities, such as careers.
Mental strength is something that is gained over time through challenges and experience as well as the development of mindset. Mental health decreases, often following episodic patterns. Such as stress, situations experienced, and internal circles. This is what causes a person to become mentally resilient but still experience a period of difficulty in maintaining mental health.
Through the explanation above, mental health should not doubt mental strength. On the other hand, mental strength should not ignore mental health.
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