Welcome to the Bolton Think Positive web site.

This area of the Bolton mental health information web site is dedicated to promoting positive mental health.

Today I can…

Improve my mental health

Today I should...

Improve my mental health because...

  • I will be more successful in everything I do
  • I will cope better with the normal stresses of life
  • I will contribute more to the people around me
  • I will enjoy life more

Today I will…

  • Talk about my feelings
  • Eat healthily
  • Be creative
  • Enjoy nature
  • Not drink too much
  • Try to learn new things
  • Take some time to relax
  • Contact someone close to me
  • Explore my spiritual side
  • Get involved
  • Keep active
  • Ask for help
  • Value myself and others

 …to improve my mental health

Mental health is more than being free from mental illness. We all have mental health and the potential to improve it. We may not have control of the normal stresses of life that negatively impact our mental health, but we do have the power to take positive steps to enhance it. Taking control and dedicating some time to improving your mental health today will have multiple benefits for you and the people around you.

“Mental health is the emotional and spiritual resilience which allows us to enjoy life and to survive pain, disappointment and sadness. It is a positive sense of well-being and an underlying belief in our own, and others' dignity and worth.”

Health Education Adthority in 1997

“A state of well-being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”

World Health Organisation in 2001

“Well-being is more than just happiness. As well as feeling satisfied and happy, well-being means developing as a person, being fulfilled, and making a contribution to the community.”

The New Economics Fouhdation

Mental health is different and distinct from mental illness. Individuals free from mental illness may have low mental health – and can do things to improve it!

The absence of mental illness does not mean the presence of mental health!

Adapted from Keyes 2007

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