Mental health includes one’s emotional, psychological, behavioral, and social well-being. It affects how you think, feel, act, and respond. It also determines how you handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Managing your mental health is important at every stage of life: childhood, adolescence, as a teenager, through adulthood, and into our elder years. Taking the time to recognize and understand how you manage your mental health allows you the opportunity to grow, evolve, heal, accept, and understand.