{"id":28245,"date":"2022-10-10T10:28:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/?p=28245"},"modified":"2022-10-10T16:07:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:07:25","slug":"mental-health-2022-whats-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanishchamber.co.uk\/es\/2022\/10\/10\/mental-health-2022-whats-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"MENTAL HEALTH 2022: What\u2019s happening?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by psychoanalystlondon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Technology, science\u2026 humanity is making progress in many fronts. Paradoxically \u2026 over time mental health is getting worse. I see this EVERYWHERE, not only in my clinical practice of psychoanalysis:<\/p>\n

Did you know that depression now affects 300 Million people<\/strong> and it is the LEADING cause of disability in the workplace worldwide<\/strong>? Paradoxically we can phone in sick with flu but not with depression.<\/p>\n

Students are also suffering a mental health crisis: A BBC investigation has found that only during the first lockdown over March through to May there were at least 10 suspected student suicides at UK universities<\/strong>. In 2018 universities were told they had to address the mental health crisis on campus, but today, nearly half still hold no data or records on student suicides.<\/p>\n

On top of that, our human brain is not evolved to deal with social media, to look at the screen all day an understand that the thing you see on the other end isn\u2019t someone\u2019s real life.<\/strong> Instagram for example, will use machine learning to predict who you are more likely to interact with. Its algorithms are always looking for the rabbit hole that you are most vulnerable to. And\u2026 you can\u2019t protect yourself: you might be looking for \u201chealthy eating\u201d but these rabbit holes normalise the idea that you should be extremely thin and then is your fault if you are not. Without even realising you end up starving yourself to death just to gain more followers. Eating disorders are on the surge. Scary, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

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My angle<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a psychoanalyst, I push as much as I can, wherever I go, whenever I can to make mental health and wellbeing a global priority for all.<\/p>\n

I wonder\u2026 what is happening? Why is it becoming more and more difficult to be\u2026 happy and mentally healthy?\u00a0 Clearly modern, western lifestyles undermine our mental health<\/strong>. Many factors are at play: Unhealthy diets, lack of physical exercise and disconnection from nature, loneliness, family break up, childhood neglect, the pressure of competition in schools\/universities, the lack of working\/life balance and of course\u2026 the pressure of social media. All these factors are, at the end of the day, lifestyle choices and social determinants. All in all, a mindset<\/strong>. Something we can influence and change. How? With Psychoanalysis.<\/p>\n

Psychoanalysis is a tool to read reality. Without psychoanalysis we are blind to our unconscious processes<\/strong> (and most of our psychic processes are\u2026 unconscious!). With certain techniques (mindfulness, CBT\u2026) we can manage the symptoms, but\u2026 we are not addressing the issue, the conflict which triggers the symptom will continue there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Psychoanalysis is the tool which helps us see and understand things which are not obvious:\u00a0 why did I have that dream? Why can\u2019t I get fit? Why am I scared of talking in public? Why\u2026 do I always end up in toxic relationships?\u00a0 With the interpretation of the psychoanalyst, with all that new information, we can transform our reality and make it better.<\/p>\n

And last but not least, today, to celebrate the World Mental Health day, I would like to remind ourselves as a society that we still do not openly speak about mental health enough – even more if we consider that one in four of us experiences mental health challenges, and if we can talk about it, we can seek help earlier. And if we can talk about it as a general aspect of health, we can learn to look after ourselves as well as to support others.<\/p>\n

Happy World Mental Health everyone!!<\/p>\n

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Mar\u00eda R. de Almeida
\nPsychoanalyst London
\npsychoanalystlondon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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