Why ppl now focus on just talking abt mental health and not physical health?

I kinda noticed that... I noticed also that they sympathise more with mental health.. As if its more important than physical health.. Im not judging.. Its just seems like mental health they make it seem like everything in the world... Much drama about it.(tears and movies and shows.. Im not judging.. Its just how i felt like... Its true that mental health is important.. physical health too.. The only physical health that they dramatise about it is cancer as if other physical health problems dont matter...its just how i feel lol

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Pinkstarburst · 51-55, F

Mental affects physical health. It can actually a person just like any other disease and can be very painful. It’s a neurological disease, not just something a person has because they had a bad day or are struggling with a stressful situation. Being depressed and having depression are two very different things.

When we are in a down slide, exercising or eating healthy through the pain is not something that is at the forefront for our doctors or therapists. It’s focusing on getting back to a manageable space.

Physical health is a known. How mental health affects it is finally becoming a known. It isn’t that people don’t talk or know about physical health, it’s that they are realizing the symbiotic relationship with the two.

An example, I’m sitting in a hospital room with hubs. He had knee replacement surgery yesterday. We know he has to exercise and have PT; however, it’s only for 30-45 minutes every three days and no more than 10-15 minutes three times a day on non PT days. In other words, we slowly heal one issue before moving forward on another.

I’ve rambled but I hope somewhere in it I explained my view on your question.