<story><title>Ask HN: How is your mental health?</title><text>How and how well do you keep track of your mental health, particularly for those with a history of mental health issues, and those with a family history of mental issues.&lt;p&gt;As for me I like to think that  I try really hard to monitor my mental health, I suffer from anxiety disorder and my father and mother both had mental health issues at one point in their life, which makes me constantly fear for my mental health and hence my monitoring of my mental state of mind like a hulk.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>apexkid</author><text>Use the following strategies:
1. Meditate daily for 15 minutes. Try vedic indian meditations.
2. Keep track of your mood using some app. 
3. If your mood is bad for consistently 3 days, then open pastebin and write down about everything you are feeling and going in your head.&lt;p&gt;Most small problems with mental health can be dealt by bringing in consciousness. Simple example, whenever you are feeling nervous, force you brain to just observe whats going on in your body instead of being an active participant in the process. You will immediately realize you start feeling less nervous. Similarly, you can try for anxiety.&lt;p&gt;For more serious problems, it is best to seek medical help on periodic basis. A meetup with doctor every 3 months is reasonable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JohnFen</author><text>I love your comment. Especially this:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Most small problems with mental health can be dealt by bringing in consciousness.&lt;p&gt;I think that what I do is, in the end, the same as you -- I just do it a little differently. Years ago, I developed a habit of questioning why I&amp;#x27;m doing whatever I&amp;#x27;m doing -- particularly if what I&amp;#x27;m doing is unusual or emotional.&lt;p&gt;The key, for me, is that the question and answers are intended to bring light on things to make the unconscious conscious. The answer should be accepted as a point of information and without judgement (actually doing that is hard, though, and comes with practice).&lt;p&gt;Once you have an idea of what&amp;#x27;s happening with you, you are in a better position to notice and work on actual issues, if they exist.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: How is your mental health?</title><text>How and how well do you keep track of your mental health, particularly for those with a history of mental health issues, and those with a family history of mental issues.&lt;p&gt;As for me I like to think that  I try really hard to monitor my mental health, I suffer from anxiety disorder and my father and mother both had mental health issues at one point in their life, which makes me constantly fear for my mental health and hence my monitoring of my mental state of mind like a hulk.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>apexkid</author><text>Use the following strategies:
1. Meditate daily for 15 minutes. Try vedic indian meditations.
2. Keep track of your mood using some app. 
3. If your mood is bad for consistently 3 days, then open pastebin and write down about everything you are feeling and going in your head.&lt;p&gt;Most small problems with mental health can be dealt by bringing in consciousness. Simple example, whenever you are feeling nervous, force you brain to just observe whats going on in your body instead of being an active participant in the process. You will immediately realize you start feeling less nervous. Similarly, you can try for anxiety.&lt;p&gt;For more serious problems, it is best to seek medical help on periodic basis. A meetup with doctor every 3 months is reasonable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Quiza12</author><text>I second the writing. Having it on page, whatever the worry&amp;#x2F;worries, makes it tangible in a way that can be &amp;quot;solved.&amp;quot;</text></comment>