1. Nutrition – According to send Centurian studies eating beans every day will it lead to a happier mindset and healthier overall life with increased life span. Eating a plant-based diet decreases inflammation in the body and feeds your immune system thus helping your mind to function at peak levels. This will significantly decrease anxiety and depression symptoms, leaving you with a little to no symptoms at all.
2. Exercise – it produces good neural transmitters, increases dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins. Researchers have found that those who exercise on a regular basis have Little to no anxiety or depression symptoms and they are far more resilient than those that either do not exercise or exercise very little.
3. Water – water helps to transport tryptophan in good proportions through the body and to the brain. This causes an increase in serotonin and more clarity and focus. Those that do not drink enough water throughout the day have a less clarity of mind and have been found to be more irritable, have more anxiety, and more depression symptoms.
4. Sunshine – researchers have studied those who get a lot of sunshine in those who get very little and have found that the people who were in the sun more often were able to sleep more soundly. Being in the sun more has also been shown to reduce the amount of physical pain that individuals felt.
5. Temperance -temperance involves an equilibrium of experience. One’s ability to take and what has happened around them and a reply with an even keeled temperament. Individuals should stay away from alcohol, coffee, and should not Vape or smoke in an attempt to keep a steady temperament. It is difficult to maintain equilibrium if you are constantly taking in stimulants or depressants, chemicals that have a high impact on your mood.
6. Air – getting enough fresh air is very important to maintaining a positive good mood. Just as important as deep breathing is to stay home, getting enough fresh air from being out in nature is extremely important to maintaining a positive mood with equilibrium.
7. Rest – we tend to push ourselves to overwork, whether it’s at our jobs, around our house or yard, or to maintain friendships. It is extremely important that you know and honor your limits and create boundaries with your rest. Don’t overwork, you are not a machine, you need mental rest just as much as you need physical rest.
8. Trust – having friends, family, and a community that you love and that loves you has a huge purpose in your life as well as your mental health and maintaining a positive mood. If you’ve been hurt in the past it can be hard to trust others or want to let others in emotionally however as time passes it is important to learn to trust again and let people in.
These eight things are extremely important to maintaining good mental health as well as physical health because if you are in a negative mental health space or feeling stressed, anxious, or sad, it will affect your body physically. Therefore, it is important that you are aware of these eight things that can benefit your mental and physical health.