October is Emotional Health Month. The CDC states “Improving emotional well-being can benefit your mental and physical health. It can also enhance your social connections to other people and your community”.
What is Emotional Health?
•Positive emotional well-being is when people manage emotions well and have a sense of meaning, purpose, and supportive relationships,
•Positive emotional well-being can lower your risk of disease, sickness, and injury,
•There are ways you can improve your overall emotional well-being.
Why is it important?
•Positive emotional well-being helps people manage their thoughts and feelings,
•People with positive emotional well-being have a sense of meaning and purpose,
•Without positive emotional well-being people may have difficulty connecting socially.
If you have a friend or loved one who needs support, talking to that person about feelings and concerns can help to relieve stress and promote resilience.
Get tips on how to start a conversation and help someone you care about at this link.
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