but , i feel lost and far away from who i truly am.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Mental health is a level of psychological well-being, or an absence of mental illness. It is the \"psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioural adjustment\". From the perspective of positive psychology or holism, mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life, and create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health includes \"subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, inter-generational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others.\" The WHO further states that the well-being of an individual is encompassed in the realization of their abilities, coping with normal stresses of life, productive work and contribution to their community. Cultural differences, subjective assessments, and competing professional theories all affect how \"mental health\" is defined. According to the U.K. surgeon general (1999), mental health is the successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people, and providing the ability to adapt to change and cope with adversity.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Mental health is usually thought of as a sign of no mental illness and psychological well being."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Sorry if it's personal, but do you struggle with mental illness?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I do not suffer from any mental illness and believe I am functioning at a nice level of emotional and behavioral adjustment."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's great for you! The amount of people suffering from mental illness is insane, I really think we should normalize it. So those struggling don't feel like they're crazy."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Your point is true and the causes of most mental disorders are unknown but it's commonly believed that different biological, psychological and environmental factors all contribute."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I believe that! I've never been properly diagnosed with anything however I'm thinking of attending therapy to help me through some of the stuff I've been dealing with."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, cognitive-behavioral therapy is the most widely used practice for improving mental health."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It definitely has to be the most helpful! Although I know some people are required to rely on medicine."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Many do require medication and there are alternative therapies which are not part of the medical or science-based healthcare system."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What are those alternative therapies?"}]