Need a Mental Health Boost? Try This Now

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• Need a Mental Health Boost? Try This Now
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Mental Health Quote

Need a Mental Health Boost? Try This Now

Your mental health isn’t a gamble. It’s something you work on intentionally, every single day. Actively working on your mental health pays off in big ways: you can lessen the effects of depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, and every other mental health challenge when you engage in self-care activities and choose behaviors that move you forward.

Even when you know that purposefully working on mental health is important, it can be hard to know what to do or find motivation to do it. That’s where tossing the dice to boost your mental health comes into play.

Enhancing mental health can be fun when you make a game of it. Consider, for example, a game of toss the dice.

• Buy or make a large die.
• Create a label on each side
• At least once an hour, toss the die and do the activity you roll

Possible activities to include on your die are seemingly endless. These might inspire you:

• Breathe deeply for one minute
• Drink a glass of water
• Walk for five minutes
• Be grateful for something in your day so far
• Repeat an affirmation
• Stretch
• Read for a few minutes
• Say a prayer or other meaningful contemplation

Make as many dice as you wish, and roll one every hour. Don’t leave your mental health to chance.

Related Articles Dealing with Boosting Mental Health

• 10 Mental Wellness Tips to Improve Your Mental Health
• Ten Ways to Get Rid of Generalized Anxiety Symptoms
• Self-Compassion Practices for Self-Care
• Exercises to Relieve and Reduce Anxiety
• Anxiety Relief Techniques for Quick Relief from Anxiety
• Action Plan for Mental Health Patients

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: What activities help boost your mental health? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• The Role Practicing Gratitude Plays in Mental Health Stigma
• Tips for Moving from Winter Break to School Mode
• Porn Addiction vs. Porn Consumption
• I Enjoyed the Holidays Despite Schizoaffective Disorder
• Finding Your Voice During Verbal Abuse
• Exercising in Eating Disorder Recovery: Yes or No?
• How to Avoid a Suicide Attempt and Cope with Depression
• Reconnect to Reduce Anxiety and Reclaim Wellbeing
• Eating Disorder Recovery Introduced Me to Social Justice
• How Cutting Out Toxic Relationships Can Help Your Anxiety
• Are Work Relationships Impacting Your Mental Health?

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Bipolar Quality of Life Between Episodes (During Euthymia)
2. The Importance of Surrender in Eating Disorder Recovery
3. Commonalities in Eating Disorders and Pornography Addictions

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"You're not going to master the rest of your life in one day just relax. Master the day. Then just keep doing that every day."

Read more anxiety quotes.

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