A bunch of high IQ individuals who couldn't function without a person next to them.I see. Care to share your personal experience? What does it look like? — TheMadFool
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.
It might partly how the words are used in various writing by different authors or it might be how one conceptuses an abstract image when they read the two different words.
In a nutshell, they can mean different things to those who write and read them, but they can also mean the same thing to a person if they wish for them to mean the same thing. — dclements
???Emotions are not feelings, emotions are felt... — Varde
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
(Loosely and "arbitrarily" defined-described)What is the difference between Emotional Health vs. Mental Health? — TheQuestion
They don't have to be differentiated. They are both necessary for "cognitive hygiene" (however one defines this term). Simply because they help each other and can harm each other.how do you differentiate the two when practicing cognitive hygiene? — TheQuestion
So don't you think Mental Health is mostly align to lets say biology and emotional illness lets. Lets say "schizophrenia"
Emotional issues is more event based like trauma compared to a soldier with "PTSD"
one has a chemical and neurological disorder that created an emotional symptom.
The other is struggling with an experience/knowledge based emotional reaction. I witness something horrible and the information I am processing is causing a negative emotional reaction. — TheQuestion
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