Emotional health is just as important as physical, because it allows us to have a healthy approach to life, life problems and situations that can befall us - this is the main conclusion of the new panel discussion ‘A Cup of Coffee with a Psychologist’ titled ‘Emotional Health - Just Be Gentle With Yourself’, which was held at Dorćol Platz in the presence of the audience, respecting all protection measures.

Modern culture teaches us to attract positive things into our lives with positive thoughts. We often have the opportunity to hear that it is enough to accept the mantra that every day is a new beginning, to be grateful and smile, and positive thoughts and happiness will be there. The question that arises is - is it really true and what about negative feelings? We all have a right to negative emotions, and the fact that we are sometimes sad, scared or in a bad mood does not make us emotionally unstable. It is important that we share what we feel with close people, and that, if that does not lead to improvement, we seek professional help.

The topic of emotional health, self-love and acceptance of positive and negative parts of one's personality were discussed within the latest panel discussion of Hemofarm Foundation ‘A Cup of Coffee with a Psychologist’, by: Prof. Jelena Sladojević Matić, PhD, analytical psychotherapist and professor at the Faculty of Media and Communications, Jana Oršolić, designer, educator and author of the project ‘Just Be Gentle With Yourself’ and Dragan Ilić, journalist and psychologist.

‘The ideal of mental health, which is very difficult to achieve and which is perhaps overestimated nowadays, is the expectation that we will always and at all times be competent to react very quickly to some kind of imbalance we feel in ourselves. What we should strive for nowadays, in this situation, is the ability to recognize certain conditions such as anxiety, fear and sadness, and to know that we need to do something with them. Being emotionally healthy means understanding yourself and others, that is, tolerating negative emotions, and not only those that we consider positive in our contact with others and with ourselves,’ said Dr. Sladojević Matić at the panel discussion, which you can watch in full on the Hemofarm Foundation's YouTube channel and social networks, while you can read her blog ‘Emotional Health - Nurture what you really desire and enjoy’ on the website of Hemofarm Foundation.

Hemofarm Foundation, Institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and Art Commune Dorćol Platz launched the project ‘A Cup pf Coffee with a Psychologist’ to point out to the public that mental health must be taken care of as well as physical health and that there are solutions to ‘problems’ if we seek professional help on time.