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Understanding 'emotional health'
JustV
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So, it's emotional health week (which I only today found out existed!)
I tend to use 'emotional health' 'mental health' and 'wellbeing' to mean the same thing, but it turns out they're pretty different. It's less about how well or happy you feel, and more about the tools you use to interact with others and manage your emotions constructively. So you could be mentally unwell, but emotionally healthy, or mentally well but emotionally unhealthy (if that's the right term I guess).
Anyway, in the link above they have an interesting graph showing the different tools we use:
Img: components of emotional health, including: self awareness, social wareness, self beliefs, self agency, beliefs about others, self regulation, and relationship skills.
Thought I'd share because I had a real 'oooh right yeah' moment when I was reading it and finally understood the difference between mental health and emotional health.
I tend to use 'emotional health' 'mental health' and 'wellbeing' to mean the same thing, but it turns out they're pretty different. It's less about how well or happy you feel, and more about the tools you use to interact with others and manage your emotions constructively. So you could be mentally unwell, but emotionally healthy, or mentally well but emotionally unhealthy (if that's the right term I guess).
Anyway, in the link above they have an interesting graph showing the different tools we use:
Img: components of emotional health, including: self awareness, social wareness, self beliefs, self agency, beliefs about others, self regulation, and relationship skills.
Thought I'd share because I had a real 'oooh right yeah' moment when I was reading it and finally understood the difference between mental health and emotional health.
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