Mental Health is also important and a lot of the time it goes hand in hand with our physical well being. If we are suffering from mental anguishes and it goes beyond our ability to cope with the day to day problems of life then we are in big trouble. Our immune system goes out of whack and the next thing that happens is we get physically ill. Now we do have something the matter with us. Now we have something to go to the doctor for.
Mental health has a stigma attached to it.
It is often looked on as a weakness by the folks that have it as well as by their loved ones. People suffering from depression feel as if they are letting their family down. Loved ones feel as if they have let you down. This is the greatest cause of shame and shame is the name of the game in depression. Our minds play little games with us and tell us that we should be happy, that we have no reason to be depressed and that there is something lacking in us if we can t overcome it.