Wait, one can be crazy, and happy and contented also — boagie
Where did you come across the idea of 'cognitive hygiene — Jack Cummins
What is the difference between Emotional Health vs. Mental Health?
And how do you differentiate the two when practicing cognitive hygiene? — TheQuestion
used frequently in workplaces to talk about the mental
Emotional health is a soft way of talking about mental health, without the ostensible stigma of the latter term. — Tom Storm
Happy in delusion? Think the religious, the power and the glory forever and ever, ever lasting life and the talking snake, they seem to be pretty happy on the whole.
18h Reply — boagie
This individual would probably develop behavior problems due to his brain damage. And a Psychiatrist can only resolve certain aspects of this person's disability. That's where Psychology comes into play in the form of Behavior specialist, he/she would practice certain strategies to help modify the patient's behavior in a more positive way. — TheQuestion
Yes, I was horrified at the notion of cognitive hygiene, even when links were given. It seems like cleaning out the negative as if it is 'dirt'. I hope that is not the way forward for management in the mental health professions. — Jack Cummins
The emotional fitness has a different content than the mental one. — LaRochelle
And how do you differentiate the two when practicing cognitive hygiene? — TheQuestion
Not really. A key indicator of mental ill health (or a developing issue) are chronic feelings of sadness, emptiness or anger. — Tom Storm
This is understandably a concern. I wouldn't use the word either.Yes, I was horrified at the notion of cognitive hygiene, even when links were given. It seems like cleaning out the negative as if it is 'dirt'. I hope that is not the way forward for management in the mental health professions. — Jack Cummins
No. From personal experience. I have connections. :cool: — Caldwell
You speak truly. Emotional health is one aspect of mental health. The mind is composed of intellectual ("thinking") and affective ("feeling" or "emotional") dimensions. Both thoughts and feelings/emotions are the result of neural activity. Resultantly, both "thinking problems" and "emotional problems" can be characterized as "mental illness". Emotions, however, seem to have a greater influence on rational thought than vice-versa, because emotions have a greater physiological component than thoughts. More specifically, the experience of a given emotion will effect the chemical environment of the brain, by causing the localized release of excitatory or inhibitory neurotransmitters in ways very specific to an individual person, thus altering the relative activity of differing areas of the brain, and so effecting thought. In this way, the prolonged experience of given emotions (anxiety, fear, joy, sadness, pride, wrath, etc.) can result in the establishment of new neural pathways in the brain which can permanently (actually, "permanently" is too strong a word here..."durably" is better) alter the ways in which a given brain tends to process information and generate thoughts. I have experienced this myself. Now, after having experienced a number of years of great frustration and eventual depression, which both were exacerbated by the Coronavirus epidemic, I find that my ability to reason and to remember things has diminished, and at the same time, I have become quite irascible and prone to anger. I can but hope to find a way to reverse this trend in my own mind...in my own brain. If I cannot, my hope to do well in the future looks somewhat bleak.Thoughts and emotions are different things, If you include feelings in mental health then yes, your emotional health, depending mutually on your "thoughts health" can indeed be in bad shape. If you consider the mental as comprising both thoughts and feelings, and all the stuff that surrounds them, the you are absolutely right. Thoughts and emotions are mutually dependent, and the health of one can influence the state of the other. — LaRochelle
I imagine the difference between emotional health vs. mental health is about the same difference between belief systems and systems of belief or between terminology and nomenclature.What is the difference between Emotional Health vs. Mental Health?
And how do you differentiate the two when practicing cognitive hygiene? — TheQuestion
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