Sridevi Kulkarni
December 10, 2022. 10 minutes Read
The meaning of wellbeing
You can perceive wellbeing as being comfortable, healthy, and, most importantly, happy. It is not just the absence of any disease or illness but an integrated combination of physical, mental, and social health.
We all want to live a positive life worth living with sound problems and too many great memories in life. A holistic wellbeing is an approach that includes multidimensional factors such as physical, social, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. It has almost every category you can think of, in general. That’s why we call it holistic well-being.
Mental health and wellbeing
We can’t control what is happening around us, but we can control our minds and react to situations well. We agree that mental health is the least talked about subject around. But it is high time we start valuing our mental health and its importance.
Individuals’ mental health includes emotional, psychological, and social well-being, dramatically affecting how we think, feel, and act. Individuals’ mental health is essential at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Mindfulness helps improve the mental health and well-being of an individual. It helps us become more aware of our thoughts and feelings so that, instead of being overwhelmed by emotions, we can manage them better. It also helps us determine how we work in stressful situations, handle stress, make choices, and relate to others.
Expression of Anger is of Three Types
- Aggressive
- Passive
- Assertive
Anger is expressed in three ways;
- Passive Aggression
The first one is Passive Aggression, where sometimes a person doesn’t admit that they are angry but are annoyed and expresses their Anger in silence, sulking, or by pretending that “everything is okay.”
- Open Aggression
The second type is Open Aggression, where a person expresses Anger and rage and may lash out at other people. They can be physically or verbally aggressive.
- Assertive Anger
The third type is Assertive Anger which is a healthy way of dealing with Anger where a person communicates their feelings without hurting themselves and keeping others’ feelings in mind. They will be open to talking, listening, and finding solutions.
Did you know better mental health has various benefits?
- t helps to cope with the various stresses of life.
- It helps to increase productivity
- It helps to increase productivity
- We suddenly start making meaningful contributions to our communities because now we have better mental health.
How can we maintain positive mental health?
- Always try to connect with people around you.
- Get professional help if required.
- Stay positive
- Be more active physically.
- Develop coping skills.
- Get enough rest and sleep.
- Help others around you.
It helps a lot.
Types of Wellbeing
Overall Benefits of Well-Being
- An individual's well-being integrates both the mind and body, which is mental and physical health that results in a more holistic approach to disease prevention and health promotion.
- It results in better immune system functioning, which helps with a speedy recovery and increased longevity.
- An increase in the level of wellbeing is associated with a decreased risk of heart disease.
- Generally, individuals with high levels of wellbeing are more productive at work and are more likely to contribute to their communities
Psychological benefits of well-being:
- It increases self-esteem
- It promotes prosocial and altruistic behavior.
- It develops a sense of personal competence.
- It leads to an increase in interpersonal skills
- It also leads to higher satisfaction with the quality of one's relationships.
Types of Wellbeing:
How to measure wellbeing?
As well being is subjective, we usually have self-reported data. Many wellbeing instruments are available to measure self-reported wellbeing in different ways, depending on whether one counts their wellbeing as a clinical outcome, a population health outcome, or for other purposes.
For example, wellbeing measures can either be psychologically-based or utility-based. The use of these self-reported measures is different from using the objective criteria, which can assess well-being.
Final Thoughts
Well-being is not just an absence of disease but a holistic approach to enhancing an individual’s health, happiness, and personal and social life. Well-being is the interconnection between joy, physical and mental health, financial growth, social life, and spirituality. Even if one aspect is affected, it can also affect the other elements, leading to poor well-being and quality of life. Hence it’s vital to prioritize well-being and consciously work towards it.
Shreedevi Kulkarni
Shreedevi Kulkarni is a counseling psychologist with expertise in adolescent counseling, child counseling, and skills training. She has experience as a Psychology lecturer and believes in empowering her students through experiential learning.
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