What are you thinking about? There can be a lot of trouble until you know. Problems that can’t be fixed. If you don’t see a problem, you can’t fix it, right? Here is where being aware comes in. Mindfulness and good mental health go hand in hand.
Your mind is talking about a lot of different things right now. It could be telling you that you are tired of your job or that you are a victim of your situation. It could be going over a list of everything you need to do. Even if it says all the wrong things, you might not hear them. You might feel a little bit of worry as the day goes on.
I was amazed when I first learned how to do simple mind-body exercises. I found that conversations were happening just below my awareness. It was interesting to see, but the most amazing thing was that I could now often stop worrying or feeling anxious. I just had to stop and watch my thoughts until I figured out what was wrong.
Yes, it really is that easy a lot of the time. For example, if you forget to write down an appointment, it might bother you for hours. When you see that, you write it down, and then you feel better. If an argument is playing over and over in your mind and making you feel stressed, bringing it to your attention will often make you laugh and make you forget about it.
Mindfulness and Mental Health in the Long Term
Don’t forget that short-term happiness and positive thoughts can have a big impact on your mental health in the long run. If you deal with your worries and stresses now and often, you’ll be healthier and develop good habits. Good feelings now lead to good feelings in the future, and to get long-term results, we need habits.
Mindfulness is a way to see the big problems more clearly for what they are. As you get better at tuning into your own subconscious mind, you will start to notice patterns. For example, I found that my mind was thinking about and worrying about all the possible options for decisions that hadn’t been made yet. It gave me a lot of stress.
Seeing this clearly and finally realizing how bad this habit of not making up my mind was made me decide to change. I started making decisions faster, just to try something different. I saw right away how stress goes away once a decision is made. I started to change my habits, and I was able to get more done with less stress.
Sitting still and paying attention to everything going on in your body and mind is the most basic way to practice mindfulness. If you’ve never done this before, it can be hard, and this article isn’t a how-to. This is just to show that it’s important to learn. There is a link between being mindful and being mentally healthy.