Emotional balance and good mental health are the basis of your well-being. Emotional health refers to feelings and the processing of emotions while mental health refers to how you think.
Emotions are often seen as something of little importance; something one “should” know how to control. Culturally, this idea is so strong that we can pressure ourselves not to cry or “not to feel anything” for fear of how others will judge us. We tend to believe that attending and processing what we feel is not important. However, if our emotions are unbalanced, our relationships will be negatively impacted, and the interpretation of our experiences will incline toward pessimistic interpretations.
Mental health is often bound to the idea of lunacy or craziness; something we fear due to our lack of understanding. Nevertheless, mental health is the ability to process information, and its importance lies in the fact that it is the tool with which one interprets daily experiences. Day after day we receive, decipher and interpret information. For example, what would happen if your evaluation of what is happening does not coincide with reality? If you interpret a harmless gesture as an insult, how can that affect your relationships or the situation?
When there is an overwhelming feeling or an inaccurate interpretation, the response may be incongruent, inappropriate, and problematic, causing a multitude of difficulties. Therefore, the importance of emotional and mental care remains in that they are vital to feeling good and relating to others in a positive way. Simply put, what one thinks and feels will influence the response, and the response will alter (for better or worse) your experience.
If you find that you need support to regain your balance, working with a professional will help you discover the root of your situation and develop tools that help you increase your well-being. Therapeutic support will help you to foster and maintain your growth in the face of a life of constant challenges.