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The alarm clock rings early, emails flood inboxes, deadlines loom, and since we’re so engrossed in giving ourselves away in the ‘hustle’ culture that there's a constant struggle to find a moment of peace or a breath of fresh air. With the days turning into weeks and the weeks turning into months, the cumulative weight of daily stresses can take a toll on your mental health. World Mental Health Day is celebrated every year to raise awareness, to serve as a reminder, urging you to step back to focus on your mental well being amidst the chaos.
Many people do not realize that the reason they might be frequently overwhelmed is because they don’t even prioritize sitting silent for a few minutes to quiet the mind and even when they do, their mind starts wandering towards the tasks that they need to fulfill.
World Mental Health Day 2024: Significance & Theme
Every year, the World Mental Health Day is celebrated on October 10 to address the value of mental health and foster an awareness pertaining to challenges regarding mental health. It seeks to lessen stigma and promote conversations around mental health by educating people around mental health, its possible effects on their lives and the support available if needed.
The theme of World Mental health Day 2024 is, "It's time to prioritize mental health in the workplace." With the glorification of the hustle culture today, this matter has become more critical than ever.
A study by Linkedin conducted in 2021 stated that around 55% of Indian professionals felt more stressed before the pandemic, 34% citing burnout as the significant challenge.
World Mental Health Day Quotes
As we celebrate World Mental Health Day, it’s important to understand that your mental health is as important as your mental health. To help you understand this, here are 50 quotes that will inspire and motivate you to take care of your mental health.
Inspiring mental health quotes
"When your very nature has become ease and restfulness, then there is no such thing as stress in you." - Matthieu Ricard
"When there is too much stress or worry, look within." - The 14th Dalai Lama
"When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment." - Matthieu Ricard
"The mind is a powerful instrument, every thought, every emotion that you create changes the very chemistry of your body." - Sadhguru
"To reach back and help, and expect neither reward nor even thanks. To reach back and help because that is what spiritual beings do." - Sadhguru
"Stress is caused by being 'here' but wanting to be 'there'." - Dr. Brian Weiss
“No amount of anxiety can change the future. No amount of regret can change the past.” — Karen Salmansohn
"Increasing the strength of our minds is the only way to reduce the difficulty of life." - Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t." - John Green
Mental health quotes by fictional characters
“Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice of what is right and what is easy.” – Albus Dumbledore
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.” – Jean-Luc Picard
“Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.” – Jake the dog
“Today me will live in the moment unless it’s unpleasant in which case me will eat a cookie.” – Cookie Monster
“Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be used to hurt you.” — Tyrion Lannister
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” — Ferris Bueller
“Everyday it gets a little easier. You just have to do it everyday, that’s the hard part, but it does get easier.” Running the hill monkey, Bojack Horseman
“The past can hurt, but the way I see it you can either run from it, or learn from it.” – Rafiki, The Lion King.
“I don’t know how many years I got left on this earth so I’m gonna get real weird with it.” – Frank Reynolds
“It’s real life, and in real life, you can’t always win.” -Gerald, Hey Arnold
“Some people will always need help. That doesn’t mean they’re not worth helping.” -Meera Reed, Game of Thrones
“You can’t keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once and move on.” -Homer Simpson
“When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.” – God on Futurama
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry. But why on earth should that mean it is not real?” – Albus Dumbledore
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.” -Charlie, Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” — Ferris Bueller
“What is the most important step a man can take? Always the next step.” -Dalinar Kholin
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” — M. Scott Peck
“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” — Anna Quindlen
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” — Sir Edmund Hillary
“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.” — Sandra Bierig
“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” — Coco Chanel
“Nothing external to you has any power over you.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Self-care means giving yourself permission to pause.” — Cecilia Tran
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” — Stephen Covey
“Keep good company, read good books, love good things, and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.” — Louisa May Alcott
“You wash your hands when you shake a bunch of hands. You have to wash your energy when you’re around people. It’s hard for me to say self-care is washing, although I think it is. So I made music for self-care. That’s what it’s for.” — India Arie
“Honestly, self-care is not fluffy. It’s something we should take seriously.” — Kris Carr
“Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It’s about accepting all of yourself.” — Tyra Banks
“Self-care is non-negotiable. That’s the thing that you have to do. And beauty is the thing that can be the benefit of self-care. Beauty is not the point. Beauty is just a cute side-effect from self-care.” — Jonathan Van Ness
“Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important.” —Natalie Goldberg
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” —Epictetus
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” —Charles Spurgeon
“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.” —Walter Anderson
“You cannot always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.” —Wayne Dyer
“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” —William S. Burroughs
“Not everything that weighs you down is yours to carry.” —Anonymous
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” —Thich Nhat Hanh
“You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.” —Dan Millman
“People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” —George Bernard Shaw
How Level Supermind can help you
It’s okay to not be okay. Juggling between various things at the same time can take a toll on your mental health. As it stems from daily stresses, it’s important to recognize the early signs and make lifestyle changes to feel better with every passing day.
With mindful activities backed by neuroscience, Level Supermind can help you reduce stress, anxiety and feelings of overwhelm by continuously training your brain to be mindful, to focus on the present moment so that your mind doesn’t divert towards worrying thoughts.
Feeling lonely in this busy world? Don’t worry, we’ve got your back! You can try meditations in your preferred language or mindful music to release stress and stay focused while working. Or if you have trouble sleeping, you can opt for a sleep story and try sleep meditations to sleep peacefully and get ready to kick start your day.
The best part?
There’s a personal mind coach for you in the app which will listen to your worries patiently and talk to you along with giving practical solutions like offering a meditation that would help you in that particular moment or a sleep story that would resonate with you in order to help you drift off to sleep.
In case you’re confused about how to get started, here’s a meditation from the Beginner series for you by Ranveer Allahbadia:
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Go ahead and take the first step towards your mental health. Every day matters.