Mental Health for Kids: Simple Ways to Release Emotions and Feel Better
Dr. Chheda – π§ When we talk about mental health, we also try to say don’t keep your emotions locked inside. Find some way to try to release your emotions. Some people use action and…
Dr. Chheda – π§ When we talk about mental health, we also try to say don’t keep your emotions locked inside. Find some way to try to release your emotions.
Some people use action and they exercise. You know, just kicking a ball around your room for 20 minutes and tension that you might be feeling – exercise is a good way to get emotions out.
Being creative, you know, want to write in a journal or paint or even sing – that’s a great way just to get your emotions out. And again, it does not have to be anything organized. It could be just making up silly words while you’re singing, but trying to release that emotion. When you keep all those emotions inside, they’ll actually fester and or mental health. So find some way to release. You’re talking to somebody – that’s why a lot of people go to therapists as well too, because they’re getting their emotions out. It’s not about receiving, but it’s about letting go.
So remember, try to find some way in your daily life to just let go. And it doesn’t have to be anything organized, just releasing that pent-up energy, whether you – that is just not good for your physical.