MENTAL HYGIENE

How to Live with Yourself

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor

The Elite English School, Dubai
We maintain our cars, computers, hardware,
software and of course our physical health…
But what about our Mental Health?

Let us understand Mental Hygiene…

 The 4 Basic Wants

1. I want to Live Forever …

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 4 Basic Wants

2. I want to be Recognized …

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 4 Basic Wants

3. I want to be Loved …

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

When You Love
What You Have,
You Have Everything
You Need…
 The 4 Basic Wants

4. I want a little Variety… a Change …

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

1. Are you HAPPY?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

2. Do you have zest - for Living, for Love,

Learning and Work?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

3. Are you socially well-adjusted?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

4. Do you have a sound & balanced thinking?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

5. Can you cope with each problem as it arises?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

6. Do you have insight into your own conduct?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

7. Do you have a confidential relationship

with some other person?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

8. Do you have a sense of the ridiculous?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

9. Are you engaged in satisfying work?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

 The 10 Principles of Mental Hygiene

10. Do you know how to worry effectively?

Janet Hsieh-Wankhede, School Counselor – The Elite English School, Dubai

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