Life is a lottery. Can you guess which ticket you will get next? We can get new «surprises» every day… Sometimes there are situations when it is difficult to deal with problems on your own. Then we turn to the «heroes of our time» – psychologists who help to find a way out, adjust life and finally feel its tastes and colors again

Recently, we have received help and support from specialists with special competencies – psychologists. This profession is relatively «young». Until recently, women and girls sought advice in a friendly circle – went «to cry in a vest», and for many men and still a trip to a psychologist – an exotic, bordering on weakness. By mistakenly referring to a specialist as «not a man’s business», some were looking for not very useful ways out of a stressful situation.

Today, psychology is not only a progressive branch of science. This is an integral part of our lives, where practicing psychologists help people to be healthy and productive. The world’s first psychological laboratory, opened in 1879 in Leipzig by the German philosopher and psychologist Wilhelm Wundt, actually laid the foundation for psychology as a science. Since then, psychologists have carefully studied a wide variety of neuro-physiological processes and conducted scientific experiments, the main purpose of which is to help people maintain mental health. And it, as well as physical, needs attention, prevention, and sometimes treatment.

Times are changing rapidly, and today communication with a professional psychologist is no longer a whim, but a component of a stressful life. However, you do not need to wait for serious health problems to start looking for professionals who will restore the feeling of joy in life. It is worth listening to professional advice – and this is where the principle of traditional medicine works, when prevention is the best way to avoid the disease.
Here are the top 5 things that psychologists advise to maintain mental health:
1. Start the day without gadgets: media addiction has become a new threat to human mental health. Bad news in the morning spoils the mood for the whole day, threatening the worldview.

2. Be attentive to your own inner state, your own emotions. Ask yourself several times during the day, «How do I feel?» Self-awareness is an important step not only for self-development, but also for health.
3. Try to be attentive to the people around you – they also have emotions and feelings. Transfer your mood to others only when it is worth sharing the positive.
4. Lifestyle and inner state are closely linked – physical activity helps to normalize all processes in our body, including improving mood. Be active!

5. Get some sleep! You can feel the taste of morning coffee only without haste.
If the rules of emotional hygiene do not work, and you often begin to feel agitation, irritability – consult a specialist. And here’s one secret: don’t try to find a «good specialist». Look for your own – a person with whom you are comfortable, who can be told about feelings and emotions and get professional advice. And if you have already found such a specialist, now is the time to congratulate your psychologist on his professional holiday!

Congratulations to all who have dedicated themselves to such an important work! Take care.