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Old Apr 29, 2010, 02:05 AM
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I scored 115. That's not too bad considering it's out of 288, but it said I have 6 major issues and 9 minor issues, which seems likes alot.

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Old Apr 29, 2010, 12:23 PM
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Well, it's self-scored so you did it to yourself :-) What that means is that it could change, depending on how you're feeling about your life. Bad day, higher score, good day, lower score.

Were I you, I'd immediately think of what a minor issue is to me (hangnail :-) and end up kind of ignoring those. Everyone can see little things that could use some help in one's life but that aren't urgent/someone one really wishes to worry about at this time in their life?

Then I'd look at the six major issues and throw out any that seem to unlikely for you to be able to work on at this time. One of my major issues was "life experiences" or however they worded it; things that happened in my past that were crummy :-) I work on those things in therapy so there's really nothing that can be directly impacted there.

I'd pick one of the major issues that interested me and find a good book at the library or do some research online, etc. and see if I could come up with a few things that I could try that might help me with that issue? A lot of mental health can be impacted, just like physical health by practical things. If you pay attention to what you eat, get rest and exercise, etc. then you often have better physical health. Physical health and mental health are intertwined so, often, you can help your mental health if you help your physical health. Find a habit you don't like and work on changing it to one you do like? If you don't eat well, keep irregular hours, drink too much alcohol or do drugs, smoke cigarettes, etc. then pick something you'd like to change and, for the moment, just ignore the rest. One thing at a time!
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