MENTAL HEALTH 1 This is me waking up one day and telling myself "Sweery, you need to get up and shake of this bad energy...you look sick".😩 As we all know, Nigeria faced a great deal of crisis after the tragedy of 20th October hit us all. A lot has been going around, anxiety and fear has been created in the minds of people, many more launched into depression and slowly everyone forgot a glimpse of hope. So, let me just ask you..."Have you been mentally stable lately?" Most likely, the answer is No. With all the pressures from the media and the silence of the government, we have all dwindled into anger, sadness, murmuring, bickering and unnecessary "drags". All of this activity has proven to be unhealthy for our minds when we constantly unleash our anger on things not worth it and can't differentiate between right and wrong, feasible and non feasible, lies and truth. Some of this habits slowly sink deep into our systems, thoughts and mode of operation; we hardly do anything else than feed our minds with this contents and develop addictive attachments to wanting to know everything and anything (which of course wasn't the usual routine). Honestly, you can't really know the state ofyour mental health if you can't spot the difference. What do I mean? You can only tell that things have changed and you are getting more stressed mentally than you ought to be, when you already know how your mind works and the things that positively and negatively affect it. So, how do we stay fit mentally? Learn to sieve your contents. Avoid things in general that will keep you thinking (brain storming like you want to pass a quiz😏). Slow down or completely cut off social media (or best still stay away from groups or persons that initiates discussions or arguments that will lead to no where and get you more confused for no reason). Stand on verified information (it's a solid foundation for good judgements and opinions) and avoid commenting on every newsline or post or gist(self control comes in). Feed your mind positive/inspiring thoughts♥️(engaging in positive activities would be of help). Your mental health and stability should be priority and as such, every bad energy that comes your way.."Start your ignition honey and zoom zoom zoom!"😎 #NIIFAsDiary #HopefulMe #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #stayinspired