Contemporary standards of health are different from those of the past. For many years in the past it has been pushed upward to the definition of the appearance of health, which is the absence of disease in all bodies.
Health is a state of physical, mental perfection, and good adaptability, not just the absence of disease and infirmity. The actual contemporary meaning of health includes three points, physical health, mental health, good social adaptability, and now, of course, the expansion of the point called moral health. It can be seen that mental health and physical health are indispensable for contemporary people.
So which is more important? This has been discussed by many people. But let me analyze it from a modern materialist point of view. First of all, the body is definitely the material basis, just like life is the beginning and the root of all human spiritual activities, so we cannot ignore the fact that.
Spirituality is indeed important, but you have to have something to begin with. This essence is the human existence and the body. Physical health and mental health depend, first of all, on the existence of life.
So physical and bodily health is the root of everything. And the spirit is a superstructure that originates above life, perceives life and the outside world, and serves the body well, guiding it through life very smoothly.
Physical health and mental health are mutually influential. Medical science now confirms that many physical illnesses directly affect mental health, even spiritual health. For example, tumors, cardiovascular diseases, endocrine diseases, and gastrointestinal system diseases can be directly accompanied by pathological depression. And the ultimate result of depression as we know it is leading to suicide.
Mental unhealthiness not only affects the body’s functions and suppresses normal physiological activities, but may also become an invisible bomb that not only injures oneself, but may also endanger society. The vast majority of crimes we see are anti-social and harmful to others caused by unhealthy psychology or mental ill health. In this day and age, physical and mental health are equally important components of health and should not be overlooked.
Caring for your mental health and the mental health of others is the same as caring for your physical health. Some people describe mental health and physical health as the right and left hands of a person, and I think that’s a very apt statement!
