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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat is mental health?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Thinking health. Health is strength. To have a strong mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat weakens our mind?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This question is very interesting to me. What causes<\/em> our minds to weaken and atrophy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSome theories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Physical health deterioration<\/strong>: Alzheimer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s as type 3 diabetes<\/a>. Sometimes also sexually transmitted diseases can cause mental illness (syphilis)<\/a>.<\/li>
- Too intense hormonal cascades: Watching the news, following the news and social media as physiologically<\/a><\/em> bad for you. Too much stress hormones too frequently throughout the day. For example too much dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine<\/a>, cortisol<\/a>, etc. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
How stress hormones affect our body and physiology <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For norepinephrine<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
norepinephrine<\/strong><\/a> increases heart rate<\/a> and blood pressure<\/a>, triggers the release of glucose<\/a> from energy stores, increases blood flow<\/a> to skeletal muscle<\/a>, reduces blood flow to the gastrointestinal system, and inhibits voiding of the bladder and gastrointestinal motility<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever been stressed about something \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for example, seeing your portfolio drop 20% in a single day \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you will get an adrenaline \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fight or flight\u00e2\u20ac\u009d response. Dilated pupils, increased breathing, sweat, fear hormones, etc. Now imagine seeing your portfolio go up and down hundreds of times in a given day. Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that going to wreck your body and bodily physiology<\/a> health?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nMental health is bodily health <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The body came before the mind. Then doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it make sense when we think about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mental<\/em> health\u00e2\u20ac\u009d we should think \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bodily health\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? Or physiological health?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Too intense hormonal cascades: Watching the news, following the news and social media as physiologically<\/a><\/em> bad for you. Too much stress hormones too frequently throughout the day. For example too much dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine<\/a>, cortisol<\/a>, etc. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n