Health - More of an Attitude Than the Body Itself

Defining health is somewhat tricky. Is a person having a muscular body healthy? Can a person be called healthy just because he is free from all diseases? Or it has more to do with his complete makeup that includes his body, mind and social well being? These are questions that need to be answered before we can move ahead on the topic. We tend to call a person healthy when we see a well maintained body, irrespective of mental makeup. However, health is a vast topic that encompasses all aspects of living and this includes not only body, but also mind and to a great degree compatibility of a man in his surroundings. It is easy to say that someone is suffering from bad health. This is because we can detect a disease or for that matter, a poor body shape which is not considered to be ideal. This means that there is a vast area untouched between good health and bad health.

A person may be happy and not having any difficulty in performing his daily chores. Yet doctors may categorize him as having poor health. This is because they look at him from their point of view; as a mere object that is lacking in certain vital parameters. Similarly, just because a person has a good muscular body and does not have any diseases may be classified as a healthy person without taking into account his mental make up. He may be deeply dissatisfied with his life and circumstances but these are not taken into account when categorizing him as a healthy person.

All this is just to emphasize the point that when we talk of health, we need to take into account not just the body of a person but his mental health and also his ability to cope with the environment he is living in.