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Jesus said, let not your heart be troubled ye believe in God, believe also in me. We are charged to let the same mind which was in Christ Jesus also be in us. For the world is full of trouble but we have the power to overcome the world.

Spiritual well-being includes our emotional and social state, which affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. A healthy spirit is important at every stage of our life: childhood, adolescence, and even adulthood.

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The most common types of mental illness are anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and schizophrenia disorders.

Most Common

Anxiety disorders are the most common types of mental illness.
The individual has a severe fear or anxiety, which is linked to certain objects or situations. Most people with an anxiety disorder will try to avoid exposure to whatever triggers their anxiety.

anxiety disorders

These are also known as affective disorders or depressive disorders. Patients with these conditions have significant changes in mood, generally involving either mania (elation) or depression.

mood disorders

Many people with schizoaffective disorder are often incorrectly diagnosed at first with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Schizophrenia can be inclusive of having hallucinations or delusions, and symptoms of a mood disorder, such as mania and depression.

Schizophrenia

Social Awareness – Note: Being socially aware means that you understand how you react to different social situations, and effectively modify your interactions with other people so that you achieve the best results. The net result of social awareness is the ongoing development of social skills.

Here are 8 steps that will help you become more socially aware if you integrate them into your daily activities.

1. Learn to identify which types of situations make you uncomfortable, and then alter your behaviour to make the best of your circumstances.

2. Learn to become aware of behaviours in other people that may cause you to respond negatively. As you are unlikely to be able to change the other person, you must be able to modify your own behaviour to turn the situation into a positive experience.

3. Take ownership for your behaviour and be willing to apologize for lapses or errors in judgment or insensitive actions.

4. Ask others for their honest feedback about the way you interact with them. Accept the negative feedback along with the positive (without getting defensive) and make changes accordingly.

5. Be aware of you body language. Non-verbal communication is more important than what you have to say. Positive body language will benefit your interactions with other people.

6. Learn to listen with genuine interest. Fight the urge to respond immediately and really listen to what the other person is trying to say.

7. Accept that improving your social skills is not an overnight process. Trying to improve or change too many things at once will be counter-productive as you will feel so uncomfortable that you may suffer an emotional hijacking.

8. Maximize your positive personality traits and use them to your advantage when interacting with others.