5 Steps To Maintain Mental Health For Better Life

Mental Health Illustration (Photo: IST)

JAKARTA Mental health is as important as body health because a healthy understanding must be seen thoroughly, not just from physical fitness alone. It takes early awareness to increase awareness of mental health and encourage positive changes for each individual.

This year, World Mental Health Day which is celebrated on October 10 raises the theme Mental health is a universal human right. To have a better quality of life, maintaining mental health is one way that you can do, here are some suggestions you can do:

1. Have self-love by accepting and respecting yourself so that you treat yourself as well as possible. 2. Do self-care, by routinely taking care of yourself physically and mentally. 3. Melakukan sharing, berbicara tentang perasaan Anda kepada orang yang dipercaya, agar merasa dibantu dan tidak merasa seorang.4. Implementasi pola makan yang sehat, agar dapat menjaga fungsi brain dan organ lainnya di tubuh yang baik untuk mental Anda.

5. Expressing emotions through art, which can be done through various art activities from starting to draw, painting, singing, dancing, and so on, considering that art is a form of mindfulness activity and is very beneficial for mental health because it is a stress reliever, increases self-confidence, self-restraint and expressive therapy.

The International Mental Health Survey conducted by the FWD Group in 2022, which found that 65 percent of people in Indonesia believe mental health will be one of the most critical problems in the years to come.

Therefore, mental health has also become one of the concerns of PT FWD Insurance Indonesia (FWD Insurance) recently launched the first digital mental health solution platform issued by a life insurance company in Indonesia called the FWD Mind Strength Support Program.