Understanding 'emotional health'

JustV

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.

JustV

Did y'all know about this already? Any of this resonate with you?

toffuna101

that graph looks pretty cool

Former Member

I've not seen this before but it makes a lot of sense! I'm doing a module about wellbeing at uni and it's making me realise that all these concepts are different. Like wellbeing is not as simple as just happiness, but also encompasses life satisfaction and having needs met. All very interesting stuff

Maisy

I've always used the terms 'emotional health' and 'wellbeing' interchangeably so I've definitely learned something new today! Thanks for sharing this

Aoife

It's so lovely to hear this has taught you something new @JustV @indieviolet @Maisy . I went to a talk last week about emotional health, and I've been learning so much about it as well. I was very similar to what you've all shared using mental health, wellbeing and emotional health interchangeably.