“Why we all need to practice emotional first aid”

Jess Brooks
Totally Mental
Published in
1 min readMay 19, 2015

“We’ll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain. So why don’t we see a health professional when we feel emotional pain: guilt, loss, loneliness? Too many of us deal with common psychological-health issues on our own, says Guy Winch. But we don’t have to. He makes a compelling case to practice emotional hygiene — taking care of our emotions, our minds, with the same diligence we take care of our bodies.”

Yay, emotional hygiene, I love that. This is something that could actually be taught to students taking middle school and high school health classes.

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Jess Brooks
Totally Mental

A collection blog of all the things I am reading and thinking about; OR, my attempt to answer my internal FAQs.