Mechanisms Of Mental Health

Mental health is something that can and does change over time, the world moves on regardless and so do you.

Sometimes this is not the internal feeling however this can be influenced by many different, nuanced, person centred and often inter linking factors.

• Core beliefs (warped worldviews vs. connected authentic outlooks) 
• Self-Reflection (the ability to manage your own selfhood) 
• Information Processing (the way in which the brain filters information)
• Nervous System Responses (many mental health conditions mean the nervous system is overused) 
• Emotional Regulation (the ability to recognise, filter and mange yours and others emotional frequencies)
• Environment (caregiving, educational & community)
• Attachment, Friendship & Relationship Dynamics (poor boundaries, emotional incest, projection & manipulative behaviours)

Everything Is Linked 

These factors (in various guises, degrees, and presentations) will have an impact on someone’s idea of “self”, personal expectations vs. connected one’s, perception of danger and threat, how one internalises their own emotions and healthy spaces for expressing and objective reasoning, boundaries, and healthy modelling of friendships and relationships.

Paul Isaacs 2022