The insight and motivation in mental health

Like diligence and prudence are opposite and complementary sides of the coin of character, insight and motivation are opposite and complementary sides of mental health.  

A thumbnail sketch of this topic:

Diligence is like motivation – action-oriented.  

Prudence is like insight – inaction-oriented.  

Diligence and prudence form wisdom.  

Insight and motivation form mental health.

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THE MENTAL HEALTH IN INSIGHT

Insight is that beautiful characteristic where a person can literally see inside themselves.  

They can truthfully see their individual and social truth.  

They are aware and their awareness adds beauty to all their relationships.  

They accept themselves for who they are, not needing to be perfect, on the contrary, never happier to be content with what they have and are.  

They pick up on the nonverbals and astoundingly do not need to be told where they are going wrong.  

They are also not overly afraid of receiving feedback.  

Their self-awareness is a great tool
that protects them and provides for them.

One of the worst blows of mental ill health is a loss or lack of insight.  

Those who cannot see what they need to see to protect themselves and others are in harm’s way.  

Those who struggle to know how to provide for themselves and others also lack insight.  

We’ve all had times when we’ve been vulnerable to these things.

What do we do to nurture insight?  We live in the knowledge of truth as much as possible.  That takes courage and humility.  The key question always remains: how open am I to the truths pertaining to my person and relationships — to my inner and outer world?

THE MENTAL HEALTH IN MOTIVATION

Society mistakenly thinks that depression is about sadness.  

Depression is about sadness, but it is so much more.  

Principally it’s about motivation – depression sucks not only the motivation and drive from a person, but it also sucks their hope, peace, and joy dry.  It saps us to the point where we’re rendered powerless to control ourselves.

But mental ill health is more than depression.  

A person who is demotivated is not at their peak mental health.  There is a disconnect with their purpose and an inability to live life full and abundantly.  

If mental ill health is a lack of life direction and purpose, it reaches its pit in suicidal ideation – the lack of will to live and the goal to die.  What sets a person back on their course is them connecting with their innate purpose – their reason and meaning for being here.  There is always a “why”.

The pinnacle of human existence is wanting to live and desiring to make the most of every day — accepting that not every day is imminently liveable.  

The best indicator that we have room to grow mentally is that we are NOT experiencing this.  

It is a very good thing when we commit to wanting to make more of every day we have alive – that’s a seeking for good mental health. 

If this article brings something up for you, listen to your inner voice and go on a quest to seek for better.