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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) reported in early 2025 that 33% of Americans are making mental health-related New Year’s resolutions.
“Anxiety and depression being problematic, but people getting to the point of, ‘Hey, this is not going to work for me.’ The truth is more and more people seem more aware of how unhappy and how difficult things are for them,” clinical mental health counselor Jamison Law told Fox 13 of why so many people are trying to help themselves through the new year. (POPULAR POLL: Are You Cutting Back On Sugar This Year?)
“Put simply, suffering is miserable and they’d like not to suffer as much, and therefore one of the courses of suffering is psychological,” psychologist Matthew Draper put bluntly, but says the fact people are willing to acknowledge their suffering is a step in the right direction.
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“We’re seeing it more and more, and just from my perspective, because of ongoing concerns that have happened and have really escalated with mental health problems since COVID,” Law added. “Since then, there’s been an uptick in anxiety disorders.”
Draper explained the core three of mental health are: love, work, and suffering. “Psychological suffering is relationships. Things going on in relationships with work, things that are going on in our relationships at home, and so therefore part of improving our mental health is improving our relationships where we can,” Draper continued. (RELATED ARTICLE: Consumers Appear ‘Less Confident’ Going Into 2025)
Engaging in more sleep and exercise can also help one’s mental health improve, but the results aren’t going to happen overnight. Sometimes these improvements take months, even years to come to fruition. “It’s just trying every day, getting up every day and doing something and pat yourself on the back, and be a little kinder to yourself and others. It does absolute wonders,” Law added.
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