Mental health preservation

Mental health preservation, under the guidance of the holistic concept of "harmony between man and nature", protects and enhances people's mental health through methods such as nourishing the mind and adjusting life, achieving a high degree of unity between form and spirit, and improving the level of health. Modern medical research has found that among all the factors that are detrimental to the human body, the one that can most easily lead to death is negative emotions. (1) Methods for Regulating the Mind and Maintaining Health 1. Calming the Mind Calming the mind refers to maintaining a state of detachment and tranquility in one's spirit and emotions. Because of the purity of the spirit and the absence of distractions, one can achieve the goal of having the true qi within and the mind at peace. The method of calming the mind and nourishing the spirit (1) : Have few selfish desires. "Less selfishness" means reducing selfish thoughts and distractions. Frugality means reducing the craving for fame, fortune and material possessions. The Inner Classic points out: "Therefore, the mind is at ease with few desires, the heart is at peace without fear, the body is tired without weariness, the qi follows smoothly, each follows their own desires, and all achieve what they wish for..." So one can live to be a hundred years old every year without losing one's vigor. Reducing selfishness and desires, starting from the actual situation, and restraining excessive expectations for personal desires and fame and fortune can alleviate unnecessary mental burdens, making people feel at ease and in a good mood, thereby promoting physical and mental health. (2) Cultivate the mind and calm thoughts. Nourishing the heart means maintaining the spirit of the mind. To concentrate one's thoughts means to focus one's mind, to be single-minded, to eliminate distractions and drive away troubles. The Medical Compendium states: "When the heart is nourished, the spirit becomes calm; when the spirit is calm, the qi gathers; when the qi gathers, the spirit is complete. If the mind is constantly disturbed and agitated, and does not remain calm, it is easy to age." Only when one's spirit is serene, composed and gentle, free from distractions and fully concentrated, can one achieve tranquility and harmony, an open mind, a clear and peaceful spirit, and optimism and joy. This is not only beneficial for study and work, but also helps to maintain overall coordination, a regular life, and is conducive to health and longevity. 2. To cultivate virtue and have a correct mental state, one must have a correct outlook on life. Only those who are full of confidence in life, have goals and aspirations can cultivate their moral outlook and adjust their mental state well, and better promote their physical and mental health. (1) To maintain a firm belief in health preservation, one must first set a goal, establish a belief in life, and be full of hope and joy for it. (2) Moral Cultivation: The "Zhongyong" further points out: "Cultivate oneself through the Tao, and cultivate the Tao through benevolence", "Great virtue will surely enjoy a long life." Physiologically speaking, being morally upright, having an open personality, and maintaining a peaceful state of mind are conducive to mental stability, harmonious qi and blood circulation, normal and regular physiological functions of the human body, a vigorous spirit, and a strong physique. 3. Cheerful and Optimistic (1) An cheerful personality starts from the big picture and specific matters, and shapes an cheerful personality through one's own good behaviors. (2) Optimistic mood: The Analects of Confucius says, "One is so absorbed in anger that one forgets to eat, and so happy that one forgets to worry, not knowing that old age is approaching." An optimistic mood is the best spiritual nourishment for regulating the spirit, soothing the mood and preventing aging. 4. Maintaining psychological balance: Being in a high-paced competitive environment for a long time can easily lead to psychological phenomena such as anxiety, mental fatigue, and neuroticism. If not handled properly, it will affect mental health. (1) Cultivate a sense of competition and psychological quality. A sense of competition means having an enterprising spirit and a strong sense of responsibility. A person with a high sense of responsibility is manifested in the pursuit of knowledge, the quest for skills and the devotion to interests. Therefore, a broad vision leads to a fulfilling life. (2) Overcoming feelings of inferiority and eliminating jealousy (2) Methods for Regulating Emotions 1. Temperance Method The so-called temperance method is to harmonize and control emotions, prevent the seven emotions from being excessive, and achieve psychological balance. (1) Avoid getting angry when encountering problems. "Anger" has been the most taboo emotion among health preservation experts throughout history. It is the leading cause of diseases caused by emotions and poses a great threat to human health. Anger not only harms the liver, but also harms the heart, stomach, brain and so on, leading to various diseases. The way to control anger, morality is to control anger with reason. Secondly, one can use reminders to get angry. Secondly, reflect after getting angry. After each outburst, learn from the lesson and count the days when you haven't been angry. Reduce the frequency of getting angry and gradually develop the habit of not getting angry when encountering problems. (2) "Remain calm in the face of honor or disgrace" 2. The method of release refers to the practice of expressing and venting the negative emotions that have accumulated and been depressed in the heart through appropriate means to restore psychological balance as soon as possible. (1) Direct venting: Use direct methods to release the negative emotions in your heart. (2) Guidance and dissemination: With the help of others' guidance, you can release the depression that has been pent up in your heart. 3. Transfer Method (1) Sublimation and Transcendence Sublimation means using a strong will to overcome the interference of negative emotions, using reason to overcome the misfortunes in life, and transforming reason and emotion into the driving force of behavior, devoting oneself to one's career, using the achievements in work and career to dilute the pain in emotions and express one's feelings. Detachment, that is, being detached, means to view things more lightly in thought and to break away from the environment that leads to negative emotions in action. (2) Transference and fickleness Transference, that is, to dispel emotions and change the orientation of one's inner feelings; Yi Xing, that is, to change one's mindset, involves eliminating inner distractions and depression to alter one's negative emotions and habits. (3) Empathy Exercise can not only enhance the vitality of life, but also improve negative emotions and make people feel happy. 4. The method of Regulating the emotions of the five internal Organs: "Anger harms the liver, while sorrow overcomes anger." "Joy breeds sorrow; fear overcomes joy." "Thinking harms the spleen; anger overcomes thinking." "Sorrow prevails over worry in the lungs." "Fear harms the kidneys; thinking overcomes fear." This is a unique method of "overcoming emotions with emotions" established based on the principle of "saving the opposite with the opposite", which recognizes the dialectical relationship of mutual influence between mental factors and physical internal organs, emotions, and physiological and pathological aspects. For instance, one can make them laugh, or provoke them to anger, or make them cry, or even provoke them to fear, etc. One should guide them according to the situation, release pent-up emotions, and let their emotions run wild.