Mental health is as important as physical health!
During the pandemic, everyone is worrying about their physical health and people are doing everything and anything to protect themselves from the virus but often neglecting mental health.
Mental health is an ongoing crisis that existed even before the pandemic. Mental health is neglected and stigmatized. However, the pandemic has brought attention to it. The pandemic has contributed to increase in mental health illnesses through various factors like loneliness during lockdown, financial crisis, lack of sleep and many more. It is time to take action and educate communities and societies about mental illness because mental health is as important as physical health.
Mental health and physical health go hand in hand. In order to maintain your physical body you need a healthy mind.
Mental illness have physical effects on the body which can bring damage to the physical body hence both need to be the priority.