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I. INTRODUCTION II. WHAT IS EMOTIONAL FITNESS? III. FACTORS AFFECTING EMOTIONAL FITNESS * Biological * Environment * Psychosocial * Nutrition IV. CONCLUSION V. REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION In 2002 WHO, World Health Organization estimated 877,000 people die by suicide every year, 154 million people suffering from depression and 25 million people from schizophrenia; 91 million people are affected by alcohol use disorders and 15 million by drug use disorders. A recently published WHO report shows that 50 million people suffer from epilepsy and 24 million from Alzheimer and other dementias1. Mental health and associated diseases/disorders is a worldwide concern as it can affect any human being. Mental health has no regard for race, gender, age, country or any classification that seeks to separate.
WHAT IS EMOTIONAL FITNESS? According to Warren Redman, writer of the book The 9 Steps to Emotional Fitness: A Tool-Kit for Life in the 21st Century emotional fitness entails choosing your reactions to people and situations, coping with pressure in a way that doesn’t leave you feeling stress, freeing yourself from addictive behaviours, feeling OK even when things go wrong, expressing yourself honestly without needing to put anyone down, being authentic without worrying about how others sees you, trusting yourself without judging others, asking for what without being attached to the outcome, listening to others without getting in the way, understanding and accepting yourself fully and living your life right now the way you want it1.
FACTORS AFFECTING EMOTIONAL FITNESS
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Biological factors vary among mental illness, but often include genetic predisposition to a disease, abnormal brain structure or function, irregular levels or activity of neurotransmitters or hormones, head injuries,

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