Mental Health Self Help
Shortcuts That Work!

Use these mental health self help shortcuts to go within and examine your mental health or the current state of your mind and your thinking process. Realize that the inner controls the outer, the external circumstances of your life right now are determined by the thoughts you think!

While you may have been led to believe that external action is what causes change within your being, that line of thought is largely erroneous. Although it’s true that masses of external action will net results in the external world, it’s not necessary and is far less effective than simply changing the way you think.

By really examining your mind and your thinking process, you’ll get in touch with your feelings and your emotional guidance system. Then you’ll be fully self-empowered to achieve a healthy body and a sound state of mind. Use mental health self help tools and techniques often, for optimum results.

'We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.' Albert Einstein - 1879 - 1955

Mental Health Self Help Shortcuts - Ultimate Goals

Everybody wants to be happy and feel good. And good health, including mental health is a major part of a happy state of being. Thus, optimum mental health is necessary for you to enjoy a really wonderful life and:

• A healthy body

• A healthy mind

• High self-worth

• A stress free life

• High self-esteem

• Ideal body weight

• Lasting happiness

Remember - be happy now and feel good always
then all good things will come your way!

Appreciation is a great mental health tool. You can begin to move towards a happy state of being right now, by appreciating all of the good things already in your life, as outlined on this self help skill page.

While in a state of appreciation
it's not possible to be unhappy because
appreciation will always help you to
return to a state of happiness.

Mental Health Self Help Shortcuts – Thought Awareness

Because, ultimately, we always get everything that we really desire, imagine and believe in, as well as that which we fear, we have to be very clear in our minds about what we want. With this in mind it pays to be aware of our thoughts, feelings and emotions often.

If we're aware of our feelings and our emotional state while thinking about things that we're not happy about, we don’t feel good. This is always a sign for us to change our current thinking pattern!

By being aware of your thoughts and
choosing to think differently, you’ll gradually
learn to gain control of the direction of your
thoughts as soon as they arise.

Once you’re aware of your thoughts and you don't allow them to wander off aimlessly in any direction, they'll be more in harmony with what you say you want and you’ll feel better at the same time

With practice, you'll gain full control of your mental faculties and you'll have good mental health self help awareness. This will aid you to be consciously aware of your thoughts and your thinking process, as much as is possible for you at this time.

If, for whatever reasons, you believe that you need help, please remember that, mentally, everyone is always where they are right now. But that is not a fixed state of mind and it will change for the better with a little positive effort.

'Make a decision of what you want, give your attention there, find the feeling place of it — and you're there instantly. There is no reason for you to suffer or struggle your way to or through anything.'
Abraham-Hicks - www.abraham-hicks.com

Mental Health Self Help Shortcuts – Feeling It

Have you ever wondered where a feeling comes from? In any moment you can have a good feeling or a bad feeling, but what caused the feeling? Did that feeling just arise from nowhere for no reason? No, because for every effect there is a corresponding cause, right?

Now that you’re observing your thinking and the action of your mind, notice the correlation between the thought you just thought and the feeling that immediately followed it. In every case you’ll discover that the feeling arose due to your thoughts about something.

The feeling you get is
in the pit of your stomach.
Don’t take my word for it,
observe it in yourself.

Here’s the thing, as each person moves into higher states of awareness, they become aware of their emotional guidance system. I first heard about this by reading The Astonishing Power of Emotions, by Abraham-Hicks; I highly recommend that you get yourself a copy.

If you’re feeling good all day every day, then you don’t even need to be aware of your emotional guidance system, because your thoughts are in alignment with all the things you want and, over time, all of those things will manifest into your reality.

However, if you feel bad, realize that what you’re feeling is a response from your emotional guidance system and it’s telling you that you’re filtering your, in the moment, thoughts through a negative belief system. By being aware of and changing your thoughts, you’ll feel better.

This self help depression page goes deeper into feelings and our emotional guidance system. Or if you get angry or anxious often, this self help for anxiety page will offer some relief. And please consider the treatments for depression advice from someone who’s been there and understands how you may be feeling.

The Sacral Chakra holds the energy of emotion and self acceptance.

'Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build.' Robert Collier - 1885 - 1950

Mental Health Self Help Shortcuts – Tell a New Story

Practice mental health self help shortcuts and start changing the story in your mind, the story that you constantly repeat to yourself and others about how your health actually is; into one in which your health is as you want it to be.

We all know people who love to tell us about their health problems. If they would only realize that their thoughts are the cause of their problems; and if they’d only refrain from perpetuating their existing condition through repetitive negative thinking, they’d be a lot healthier and happier

Realize that the reason your health
is as it is now, is due to the continuous
repetitive thoughts and speeches you make
at every opportunity; the story you tell.

It's not possible to make lasting changes to your health as long as you repeat the same old story over and over to yourself and to whoever else will listen. Begin to notice how you feel while you're telling your old health story and realize that it doesn’t feel good!

My mental health has been optimum since 2002 when I took positive steps and practiced mental health self help shortcuts, and I cured my physical health problems at the same time.

Slowly, at your own pace begin to tell yourself a new story - one in which your health is a bit better than it is now. Over time, you'll begin to see small changes in your health and you’ll be encouraged to continue telling your new improved health story to yourself and others around you.

Begin making small efforts at every opportunity and you’ll convince yourself that you're seeing improvements in your health. By practicing mental health self help shortcuts often; you’ll know you’re getting better.

While it may be difficult to do in the beginning, if you will focus more on how you want things to be and less on what you don’t want or are currently experiencing, change for the better must start showing up in your life!

Decide what kind of health
you want right now and then
believe that you can attain it!

If you feel that you’re currently overweight and you’d like to change that, read this self help weight loss page for novel ways in which you can achieve your weight loss goals, including elaboration on changing your health story into one you prefer.

'Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward
it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.'
Norman Vincent Peale - 1898 - 1993

Mental Health Self Help Shortcuts – Positive Affirmations

Use these positive affirmations or adapt them as you wish. I found it helpful to enlarge the text, then print them out and stick them on my bedroom door so that I saw them as soon as I woke up each morning.

I'm so happy and grateful upon waking each morning
knowing that my mind is getting clearer daily

I'm extremely happy and grateful now that my
mind/body is getting healthier daily

I'm extremely thankful and appreciative upon
waking each morning, just knowing that my body gets
healthier with each passing day

Consistent small efforts repeated daily and practicing mental health self help shortcuts will help you to remember your new story. Over time it will become your belief system, which will keep you on track for achieving the level of health you desire.

If your health is generally good and you want to eradicate aches and pains. Practice these self help skills through traditional Thai massage therapy and return to the place of total well-being.

Mental Health Self Help Shortcuts – Staying Focused

When a friend calls you on the telephone and asks how you are. Just tell them that you're fine while noticing how that feels. Then immediately move to a different subject rather than complaining about your current health concerns or issues.

Don’t be concerned if at first it seems strange that you’re lying to yourself when doing this process. Your inner mind cannot and so does not distinguish between lies and truth, reality or fiction.

Little by little as you practice mental health self help shortcuts often, you'll begin to see changes in your health and will be encouraged to continue telling your new health story.

Even after noticing small improvements in your health you’ll be encouraged to keep moving towards optimum health, as life intended!

To your 'real izing' your inevitable well-being

REMEMBER - YOU GOTTA BELIEVE IT!