Emotional Health Center

Whether you have anxiety, depression, stress, or another condition, looking after your emotional health is as important as caring for your physical well-being.

What is emotional health? It encompasses mental health issues like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addiction, and other conditions. But being emotionally healthy also means managing day-to-day issues like stress, making and keeping friendships, changing bad habits, and using your creativity, all of which can have an impact on your physical health. Total health depends on a healthy mind as well as a healthy body, so it's important to take the time to nurture both.

Emotional Health Conditions

• ADD/ADHD
• Addiction
• Anxiety Disorders
• Autism
• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Schizophrenia

Emotional Health Basics

Understanding emotional health means paying attention to your overall happiness and well-being. Being emotionally healthy also involves maintaining control of your thoughts and feelings. People with good emotional health are resilient in the face of challenges, find ways to express their creativity, and understand the importance of social connections. They also recognize the power of spirituality and the value of staying positive.

• What's Your Color Personality?
• Gender Differences in Emotional Health
• How to Have a Healthy Relationship
• Physical and Emotional Health: Connecting the Dots
• Maintaining Happiness and Emotional Well-Being
• Can You Bounce Back From Life's Challenges?
• Creativity Can Keep You Healthy
• The Power of Positive Psychology
• The Importance of Friendships
• Massage and Emotional Wellness
• The Power of Prayer
• Emotional Health: Where to Find Help
• Insurers Must Offer Equal Coverage for Those With Emotional, Addiction Problems
• Child-Free by Choice
• The Value of Constructive Criticism
• The Effects of Long-Term Unemployment
• Is Marriage Obsolete?
• Passive-Aggressive: What Does It Really Mean?
• 10 Messiest Celebrity Breakups
• 10 Happy Celebrity Marriages
• Kiss and Tell: The History of Smooching
• Could It Be Borderline Personality Disorder?
• 5 Quick Fixes Every Relationship Needs

Emotional Health Management

The road to better emotional health starts with learning ways to cope with your feelings and reactions. If you're not as emotionally healthy as you could be — or would like to be — take a closer look at how you interact with the world. Learn how to strengthen friendships and family ties and manage toxic relationships. Find out how to relieve everyday stress, improve your attitude, and change the bad habits that are holding you back.

• When Children Need Therapy
• Are You Having a Midlife Crisis?
• How to Handle Loneliness
• Overcoming Jealousy
• Can a Marriage Survive Infidelity?
• Dealing With Divorce
• Is Crying Healthy?
• Managing Conflict
• Spotting the Signs of Emotional Abuse
• Cognitive Restructuring: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Attitude
• 10 Tips to Help You De-Stress
• Journal Your Way to a Brighter Outlook
• Calm Your Nerves With Relaxation Exercises
• Affirm Your Worth With Affirmations
• Strengthening the Ties That Bind
• How to Handle Toxic Relationships
• Anger Control: Keeping Anger in Its Place
• Understanding the Loss of Your Pet
• How to Handle a Breakup
• Be Assertive: Why It's Good to Stand Up for Yourself
• Six Ways to Change Bad Habits
• Managing Stress in Tough Economic Times
• Raising Emotionally Healthy Children
• Infidelity Might Be in the Genes
• Navigating Stressful Life Events
• 8 Ways to Be Happier
• Ways to Improve Your Body Image

Emotional Health Discussion Forums and Blogs

In our Emotional Health discussion forums and blogs, people are talking about topics related to stress, depression, and anxiety; bipolar disorder; children's emotional health; therapists; and other emotional health issues. Don't see any threads of interest? Start a conversation about stress or other emotional health issues. Join in the discussion and learn from others who are facing emotional health problems.

Emotional Health Blogs

• Emotional Well-Being
• Life With Borderline Personality Disorder
• Live Mental: Life With Bipolar Disorder
• Living With Anxiety
• Turning Blue

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Emotional Health Discussion Forums

• Seasonal Depression in Stress, Depression, and Anxiety / Emotional Health
• Hi new to site would like to make friends and here for support in Stress, Depression, and Anxiety / Emotional Health

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Emotional Health: More Information

Looking after your emotional health doesn't mean you'll never have problems — but it does ensure you'll have the skills to handle them. With the right information, you can learn how to relax your nerves, control your anger, cope with the death of a pet, handle financial stress, and stand up for yourself. Read about handling common emotional health issues.

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