The clearest sign of mental health

Am I mentally ill, might be the question? Every healthy person learns to ask that question, as is the paradox that is health and ill health.

Now, let’s be very clear about what this paradox is all about. Let me use myself as an example. The times that I have been less healthy mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, I have been missing something very important, something critical to health. I lacked the ability to watch that I was not healthy, and perhaps others knew it. I’m sure they did. You may have suspected something was wrong, but at the time you wouldn’t be able to identify it. He might eventually, and when he did, he’d be on the cusp of recovery.

What is the clearest sign of mental health?

Vision.

It’s like being in an inpatient mental health facility. The main indicator that psychiatrists look for. Can the person perceive reality? Are they delusional? Is there greatness? Of course, the purpose of admitting people to these hospitals is to give them time and treatment to come back to reality, to receive information.

He is a terrifying individual who has no insight. However, the narcissist is someone who seems fine, until you get close to him, but has a severe lack of insight. They cannot see a single fault within themselves. And they may ultimately only accept that they have something to change when they see there is some advantage to them in appearing humble.

Now, this is dangerous; seeing oneself as unequivocally superior to others is bad for everyone. You cannot be corrected when you need it, and others are not recognized for the goodness and attributes they have.

The one who has insight, on the other hand, sees the faults within himself, and has copious humility to be able to see the evil, the error, the mistakes that he commits; that we all do from time to time. They are not afraid of exposure because they see what is wrong and they see that it is easy to take care of it and fix it.

Therein lies the paradox in all its glory: he who thinks he is perfect is unimaginably dangerously imperfect, because he cannot see his fault, yet he who sees his imperfections might well be perfect, for human intentions and purposes.

If you want to know if you are healthy, do you have the capacity for honesty?

Can you see what you need to be able to see? Not only for you, but also for others.

Now, we can see that there are illnesses of anxiety and depression that express themselves in many ways, but they do not manifest in dishonesty. Comparatively, mental health is a minor problem, even if there is a lot of pain that the person has to deal with. This is not to say that your poor mental health is any less important. In fact, many times people can suffer from mental health problems because someone close to them has had a narcissistic impact on them.

People suffering from depression and anxiety can often still have good relationships. Even with comparatively poor mental health, they can often operate in such a way that others are relational benefactors. They can often find ways to love well despite what they suffer, which is an incredibly inspiring reality.

We see here that good mental health is not just about the struggles we have in living our lives; it is also how we treat other people. Mental health that negatively impacts other people is cause for serious concern, because of how people can be harmed. Of course, there is also, on the other hand, the question of how suicide harms those left behind. That can never be underestimated.

Or perhaps we can look at it this way: The person who may not be in pain but has troubled relationships and may in fact seem happy, even powerful, may be more mentally ill than the person who endures a lot of pain but serves and loves. others until the end of good relations.

The person who consistently puts others first is ultimately in better mental health than the person who has no interest or ability in others.