2 of 6 Dimensions of Wellness: Emotional Well-being

 

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 According to WHO (World Health Organization) being healthy is a state of physical, mental, and social well-being not merely the absence of dis-ease or infirmity and the basic to the happiness, harmonious relations and security of all peoples (World Health Organization, 2006).

Emotional health is knowing and acknowledging your feelings of happiness, anger, love, joy, fear, or sadness and then effectively controlling those emotions (Kitko, 2001) so that you are pro-active as opposed to re-active. 

To enjoy positive emotional health it's recommended that you allow your body to rejuvenate and self-repair by sleeping. You know your body and the amount of sleep that you need in order that you feel refreshed and rested so do your body a favor and give it the necessary sleep that is required for you!

Also, follow the advice of the Greek physician, Hippocrates; and eat healthy foods allowing "food to be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food" and then make sure you are not sedentary ~ go out there and move your body!

Next, have someone in your life that you can speak from your heart to without fear of judgment or exposing your weaknesses. Remember that it is okay to talk if you need someone to "hear you", but it is not okay to repress those feelings having those negative emotions to manifest themselves in other ways such as stroke, cancers, boils, ulcers and other illnesses. 

Try finding the humor at whatever is causing your stress or seek expert health advisors to teach you how to manage the stress that is causing your anger. Talk with your employer's HR Department about their EAP program or consult with your local Department of Health and Human Services to get emotional well-being information that may be available to you in your area.

References:

Kitko, C.T. (2001, 06 01). Dimensions of Wellness and the Health Matters Program at Penn State.                      SAGE journals, 13(4), 308-311. doi:https://doi-org.library.capella.edu/10.1177/1084822300416

World Health Organization. (2006, October). CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD HEALTH                             ORGANIZATION: https://www.who.int/governance/eb/who_constitution_en.pdf

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