What is mental health?

[Someone here]

In your opinion.. What are the characteristics of a mentally healthy person? 

[KatiesKarma]

This is a great question and upon doing some research on personality disorders I found this definition that resonates:

A healthy personality is...:

- someone who actively masters his enviroment

- a personality that shows a certain degree of consistentcy/integrity

- ability to see oneself and the world as it really is

And I would add 'ability to work and engage in true intimacy'

[Salvijus]

One who can do nothing for 24h peacefully without going crazy.

[Salvijus]

5 minutes ago, Medhansh said:

You're basically implying that 99.999% of the human population is mentally sick.

Yes.

[itachi uchiha]

mental health is emotional mastery + spiritual practice + moving from stress inducing things like cigerett, drugs , huge work load etc

[Nahm]

30 minutes ago, Salvijus said:

Yes.

+1

[Someone here]

1 hour ago, Salvijus said:

One who can do nothing for 24h peacefully without going crazy.

Why is that the criteria? 

[HypnoticMagician]

The ability to focus whatever you want. The kind of person both psychiatrists and buddhist teachers try to transform you into.

[Nadosa]

There is no person to transform❤️

[AlwaysJoggin]

@KatiesKarma according to what? 

[KatiesKarma]

5 hours ago, AlwaysJoggin said:

@KatiesKarma according to what? 

According to Erik H. Erikson. Stumbled upon this when I was trying to understand personality disorders

[Windappreciator]

the degree of how much in love you are with your emotional states

[puporing]

1 hour ago, Windappreciator said:

 

the degree of how much in love you are with your emotional states

 

Very true can relate alot. 

[Windappreciator]

3 hours ago, puporing said:

Very true can relate alot. 

[Gesundheit2]

Not just mental. What is health in general? Is there even such a thing?

How do we define a disease?

By loss of functionality? Pain? Malformation? Mismatch/Incompatibility? Or some or all of them?

It's very hard to come up with answers, because any answer is always static while reality is dynamic. Plus, even if some answers may initially seem intuitive and make sense, we can always deconstruct them so that they stop making sense and seem weird afterwards.

Edited January 15, 2022 by Gesundheit2

[Nahm]

@Someone here

Not believing thoughts. 

[Gesundheit2]

https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/article/65290/diagnosis-20-are-mental-illnesses-diseases-disorders-or-syndromes

Edited January 15, 2022 by Gesundheit2

[Someone here]

@Nahm what's so special about thoughts? Why do you give them so much importance? 

[Cathal]

feel - act - think = mentally unwell

feel - think - act = mentally well

[Nahm]

1 hour ago, Someone here said:

@Nahm what's so special about thoughts? Why do you give them so much importance? 

I didn’t and don’t.