Dr. Paul Conti

What does that do?

It just makes us, it creates fear and confusion in us.

And we see mental health through that reflexive shame, what's wrong with me lens, as opposed to seeing, hey, I'm interested in this.

I want to build good mental health just as we build good physical health.

We don't want to go to the doctor just because something is wrong.

What we want to do is take care of ourselves.

And that's why we understand how our bodies work.

And okay, diet and exercise, good diet and exercise.

These are good for us.

We want to get enough sleep.

We have basic understanding of our bodies, how they function and our physical health.

So we can think of physical health through the lens of wellness.

right?

And wellness, of course, is so important.

It's a whole industry of wellness now around physical health.

And that makes sense that that's good preventive medicine, right?

It helps to prevent problems and it lets us approach life on the front foot, right?

Why would we not see mental health in the same way of, I want to understand myself.

I want to build good mental health.

Why?