Agoraphobia? Secret Mental Health Issues? GET to the POINT! These are the “taboo” topics Dr. Bob Bob tackles today!!

Perhaps you or a loved one can personally relate to these serious issues that may go unaddressed.  Many factors contribute to our over-all Good Mental Health!!  Identifying and changing habits that may “negatively” affect us is crucial. Are you or a loved one hiding at home?  From time to time, it is “productive” to examine our daily habits? How much time do we spend with objects vs. people we love?  Hopefully, Dr. Bob Bob will open some honest self-examination & positive dialog…share Dr. Bob Bob with family and friends as a conversation starter!!  A shared laugh breaks silence!!

Although I don’t recommend following his advice!!!

What is mental health?  The term itself has a stigmatic connotation to it referring more to mental disorders or mental health problems. The truth is, it’s “relating to the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality” associated to both good and bad mentality. Even though this is true, most people tend to use the alternate mentalism definition “relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder : mentally disordered : mad, crazy b: intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders”.

Merriam Webster online dictionary definition:

MENTAL : men·tal : Pronunciation: \ˈmen-təl\ Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin ment-, mens mind — more at mind

1 a : of or relating to the mind; specifically : of or relating to the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality b : of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity c : of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity d : occurring or experienced in the mind : inner e : relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study : ideological f : relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter
2 a (1) : of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder (2) : mentally disordered : mad, crazy b : intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders

Brain Disorders
Right here on the Psych Central network, there are many valuable resources on the subject of  Alcoholism, Sexual Issues, Child Disorders, Eating Disorders, Sleep Problems, Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Personality Disorders, PTSD, Attention Deficit (ADHD), and Anxiety & Panic. I encourage my readers to take advantage of them and to get  …

We live in a time where there seems to be a pill for everything… One to medicate if you can’t sleep and one to medicate so you can stay up.  From pain to happiness there is a pill! I wonder, are we living in an OVER medicated world? What are your thoughts on this subject?