Almost every one of us at some stage of our lives will experience a stressful moment that makes us feel depressed or disturbed. Some times we get severely affected by these depressions and are unable to lead a normal life. This type of mental stress can result in the following: inability to cope with day-to-day life, an exaggerated comeback to certain situations, to perceive reality in a distorted way, losing control over thoughts, feelings, and reactions.

There are different factors that affect the mental health some of which include excessive stress, low self esteem, bad eating and sleeping habits, imbalance in work/relaxation, drugs, loneliness, and loss of potential to lead a decent life. The intention of this article is to help you develop and maintain good mental health so that you can lead a quality life and efficiently buffer ups and downs of life.