There is a famous saying in English – Health is wealth i.e. health is the real wealth. On New Year, people take resolutions to lose weight, go to the gym, exercise and control their diet, but they forget to promise themselves good mental health. Our body is controlled by the mind only. If the health of the brain remains healthy then every part of the body works well, but if the brain is under stress then the heart, stomach and kidneys all get affected.
Everyone wants money and good looks
Statista conducted a survey and asked people for their resolution for 2025. Most people said that they have to save money so that they can become rich. After this the resolution was to lose weight, eat healthy and exercise. Forbes Health 2023 The survey revealed that the resolutions taken on New Year disappear in less than 4 months. psychiatrist priyanka srivastava She says that in today’s social media era, everyone is living a life of show off. They have to look rich and beautiful so that everyone praises them. Everyone likes praise and it also increases their status in the society. But due to this show off, their mental health may deteriorate.
Weight loss does not occur under stress
Today everyone has workload and everyone is living a life of stress. Someone is upset with the boss in the office, someone with the loan and someone is not happy with their relationship. No one takes a resolution to remove stress on New Year. No one promises himself to spend time with family without mobile and remains surrounded by stress. When stress increases, a hormone called cortisol increases in the body. No matter how much exercise a person does, it does not help because his muscles do not relax. If stress goes away then weight also starts getting controlled.
People start forgetting resolutions in the second week of January (Image-Canva)
Overeating occurs in depression
The lifestyle of a person who suffers from depression also gets disturbed. Such people eat untimely and eat anything. Due to not eating mindfully, many times people end up overeating. If you promise good mental health in the new year, your lifestyle will improve and depression will also go away.
people have become selfish
‘The History of New Year resolution and celebration’ According to the book named, making promises to yourself on New Year is a very old trend. 5 thousand years ago, people used to take resolutions in the Babylonian civilization of Mesopotamia. New crops were grown on New Year. In such a situation, people used to promise the king to repay the loan on time and improve the crops. At that time people used to take resolutions for a better life. But now times have changed. The feeling of ‘I’ has increased among the people. They focus on appearance rather than their needs and also make resolutions to fulfill this purpose. Everyone has to fit into their old jeans or suit. Everyone wants to become a social media star or YouTuber. psychiatrist priyanka srivastava She says that ‘I’ has become so dominant among people that they have forgotten the word ‘we’. Now he only thinks about himself but that too is all material things.
Most of the people in the world make resolutions by staying away from reality (Image-Canva)
Make a promise to yourself like this
It is easiest to make a promise to yourself on New Year’s resolution but it is very difficult to keep it. In today’s times, negativity has increased a lot around us, which also affects the mind. For good mental health, there is a need to make many changes in yourself in the new year. Priyanka says that first of all promise to love yourself. If you love yourself, your habits will change quickly. It is important to take a resolution not to look at the mobile every morning after waking up. Keep your mobile away from yourself during breakfast or dinner. Keep it out of the bedroom even while sleeping at night. Meet your friends once a week like in your old days and give time to the hobby of your choice. Spend one day a week with your family without any gadgets. Play with the kids, go cycling, have dinner with the wife. Do meditation before sleeping. When a person gives time to his loved ones, relationships improve, family gets strength and all kinds of stress goes away. All these activities are good for mental health.
Tags: Lifestyle, Mental Health Awareness, new year, New Year Celebration, social media
FIRST PUBLISHED: January 1, 2025, 19:00 IST
