YOUR MIND YOUR HEALTH

•                         Mental health is not really talked about because we as people don’t really think it matters too much how a person’s state of mind is and how they’re feeling inside. It is also less noticeable in men. With most young men’s early upbringing they’ve been taught to not open up to other people about their feelings. If you’re looking at the numbers most numbers of the total population that committed suicide is 13.9% and the number of male suicide is at an alarming 22.4% which is not good. According to the source What Is Mental Health? | MentalHealth.gov.

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

Over the course of your life, if you experience mental health problems, your thinking, mood, and behavior could be affected. Many factors contribute to mental health problems, including Biological factors, such as genes or brain chemistry

• Life experiences, such as trauma or abuse
• Family history of mental health problems is common but help is available. People with mental health problems can get better and many recover completely.

 Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Although the terms are often used interchangeably, poor mental health and mental illness are not the same. A person can experience poor mental health and not be diagnosed with a mental illness. Likewise, a person diagnosed with a mental illness can experience periods of physical, mental, and social well-being.

This can also relate to people hurting themselves because someone close or their significant other is cheating on them and the person doesn’t know what to do with that pain and decides to end it all by killing themselves.  According to this source What to Do When Your Partner Threatens Self-Harm During a. this happens pretty frequently When she was 19, Jazz*, now 21, spent about six months struggling to break up with her boyfriend. The first time she tried, he threatened to kill himself if she really left him. He’d say things like, “I can’t live without you,” or, “I’ll die without you,” but it didn’t sound romantic — it sounded scary.

“I felt trapped,” Jazz told Cosmopolitan.com. “I had spent six months wanting to break up with someone, after years of dating, but I was too afraid of what they were going to do with themselves. I thought if he hurt himself, people would blame me. It made me feel guilty for not loving him.”

Her boyfriend’s threats started out vague but then got more specific as she tried to end things. “When he knew I was really breaking up with him, he would text me more specific plans,” Jazz said. “I remember a couple of days after the breakup getting a message that he was in the garage with the car on, and he was going to sit there and die. He knew those messages would get my attention. 

With mental health, everything is not always as it seems. Take for example the famous DJ also known as Twitch he always appeared happy and had great energy. Last week Stephen “Twitch” Boss, DJ and executive producer of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” committed suicide. He was 40.

Boss’ wife, Allison Holker, confirmed the news in a statement to People, writing, “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us. Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends, and community above all else, and leading with love and the light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.”

Holker continued, “To say he left a legacy would be an understatement, and his positive impact will continue to be felt. I am certain there won’t be a day that goes by that we won’t honor his memory. We ask for privacy during this difficult time for myself and especially for our three children. Stephen, we love you, we miss you, and I will always save the last dance for you.”