Guest guest Posted January 26, 2001 Report Share Posted January 26, 2001 I got a kick out of reading this definition of mental health from an ayurvedic newsletter I get regularly. If this is how the AMA defines mental health, then I would say I've never met a person who is in fully healthy between the ears ;-) At least, there are some goals to work towards. Bring it on! <LOL> > The American Medical Association has found it difficult to define Mental > Health, but has described it as the sum total of several qualities and > capabilities such as: > > 1. Emotional stability > 2. Maturity of character > 3. Ability to overcome the paralyzing stresses of life > 4. Ability to judge reality accurately > 5. Ability to foresee and far-see; to evaluate things with far-sight > 6. Ability to love; ability to sustain affectionate relationship with > people around. > 7. Ability to work cheerfully and productively > 8. Ability to gratify hunger, thirst and sex urges in such a way as not > to hurt other people or oneself. > 9. Having an effective conscience > 10. Ability to forgive and forget > 11. Ability to switch off the mind, or at least slow it down. > 12. Ability to see things in proper persective; neither to underestimate > nor to overestimate things or people - including oneself. > > It would seem then, that just as none of us is 100 per cent healthy > physically, so also none of us is 100 per cent healthy mentally. The > word " Health " etymologically is a beautiful word. 'To Heal' means to > make whole, total, integrated. But the Sanskrit and the Hindi words have > a better idiom even as compared to the English term. Health is not mere > ' aarogya' or absence of disease, it is 'swasthya; or being steady in > oneself, 'Sthita' in 'swa'. By this definition, perhaps only a > self-released sage or rishi could be considered swastha. ( However in > common parlance " swastha " also means having good health, being relaxed > and so on). > -- Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2001 Report Share Posted January 27, 2001 What? All the time? Gees, I guess this confirms what I've suspected for a long time. I crazier than a box of bats. (best John Aston vioce) But I'm feeling much better now.... >Caroline Abreu <crow > > AMA Definition of Mental Health >Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:28:53 -0500 > >I got a kick out of reading this definition of mental health from an >ayurvedic >newsletter I get regularly. If this is how the AMA defines mental health, >then I >would say I've never met a person who is in >fully healthy between the ears ;-) > >At least, there are some goals to work towards. Bring it on! <LOL> > > > The American Medical Association has found it difficult to define Mental > > Health, but has described it as the sum total of several qualities and > > capabilities such as: > > > > 1. Emotional stability > > 2. Maturity of character > > 3. Ability to overcome the paralyzing stresses of life > > 4. Ability to judge reality accurately > > 5. Ability to foresee and far-see; to evaluate things with far-sight > > 6. Ability to love; ability to sustain affectionate relationship with > > people around. > > 7. Ability to work cheerfully and productively > > 8. Ability to gratify hunger, thirst and sex urges in such a way as not > > to hurt other people or oneself. > > 9. Having an effective conscience > > 10. Ability to forgive and forget > > 11. Ability to switch off the mind, or at least slow it down. > > 12. Ability to see things in proper persective; neither to underestimate > > nor to overestimate things or people - including oneself. > > > > It would seem then, that just as none of us is 100 per cent healthy > > physically, so also none of us is 100 per cent healthy mentally. The > > word " Health " etymologically is a beautiful word. 'To Heal' means to > > make whole, total, integrated. But the Sanskrit and the Hindi words have > > a better idiom even as compared to the English term. Health is not mere > > ' aarogya' or absence of disease, it is 'swasthya; or being steady in > > oneself, 'Sthita' in 'swa'. By this definition, perhaps only a > > self-released sage or rishi could be considered swastha. ( However in > > common parlance " swastha " also means having good health, being relaxed > > and so on). > > > >-- >Blessings, >Crow > " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " >-- > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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