Human development and change lasts a lifetime. Although each individual's journey is unique, there are common experiences during certain age periods. The youth period is a period of intense emotions, the search for who is in life and society, discovering its own values becomes important, important decisions such as career selection are made, responsibilities increase.

Being aware of the change brought about by this process, the issues that matter and getting to know yourself, helps you maintain your state of spiritual well-being, experience the process healthy and build solid foundations for the future.

Identity development

Who are you? What makes you who you are? This is a question that continues to evolve and change throughout life. Youth is a period when awareness of how identity affects one's life and what their own identity can be.

Identity refers to who we are as an individual and as a member of society. It is determined by the person's own choices and the interaction of environmental factors. Personality traits, abilities, deeply committed values, beliefs; factors such as occupation, hobbies, political opinion, role acquired in social relations and prenatal race, ethnicity, place of birth, gender can be examples of the field covered by identity.An enhanced sense of identity helps in accepting oneself, knowing what one wants, making decisions, finding self-worth regardless of what others attribute.Discovering who you are can be an intense and sometimes exhausting process. Especially difficult life events such as migration, loss, stigma can increase emotional stress and anxiety, damage one's self-confidence and negatively affect relationships. In such cases, you can get support from people you trust around you and from a mental health professional.

Emotions

Emotion is the effect of events, people, the environment, thoughts in the inner world of humans. We all feel a lot of emotions in the short term and in the long run that spans the days. Feelings such as fear, wonder, sadness, disgust, anger, hope, joy and acceptance are universal and experienced by every person. Emotions help to understand what we need, what we want (and what we don't want), and thus to know how to behave, connect with people and build better relationships.

Some emotions such as happy, loving, inspirational, cheerful, curious, grateful may seem positive, while feelings such as anger, anxiety, sadness, shame, guilt, fear may seem negative. In fact there is no good or bad feeling. It is normal to experience both positive and negative emotions. All emotions tell us something about the person himself and the situation in which he is in.

Being aware of the emotions experienced during daily life, to be able to define what is happening, opens up space for the person to perform the function of the emotion. It is a healthy behavior to accept, understand and talk about emotions.

Boundaries

It's not just the physical boundaries that separates a person from another. We have emotional boundaries, a special inner world that encompasses who we are, what we want to do in life, our views, values, emotional needs.

This special world is what makes us individuals. As we get to know ourselves, we begin to better explore the boundaries of this particular space. Our experiences in life are instructive for us to determine the boundaries of this field. Questions about getting to know yourself, such as who I am, what I want, what things I care about in life, what are my red lines, what I like to do, what I don't like to do, can help you understand your boundaries.

Of course, these limits can be intervened from time to time in life. A loved one or friend may want you to do something you don't want and may force you to do it. One of the important things to ask at this point is to be able to answer the questions: Do you want this, do you need it, is it healthy for you, is it necessary for you, does it fit your values? It may be healthier for you to be able to say no and set boundaries in accordance with your boundaries.

State of Spiritual Well-Being and Life Events

- A state of spiritual well-being defines a person's mental state – how they feel and how they can cope with everyday events.

- People who live away from spiritual well-being for long periods of time are more likely to develop mental illness.

Events that may affect the state of spiritual well-being:

- Loss of a friend, family or relative

- Prolonged loneliness

- Relationship problems

- Long-term problems at school or at work

Some factors that can negatively affect mental health can be:

- Abuse, trauma, violence or neglect

- Social isolation

- Being stigmatized and discriminated against

- Homelessness or poor housing conditions

- Long-term physical health problems

- Social disadvantages, poverty,

- Economic debt, unemployment

- Alcohol and substance use

Although difficult life events and problems wear the person down, they are neither the cause nor the determinant of illness alone. The individual psychological resources of the person and their relations with the environment can act as protective and preventive for problems and illnesses.

- Psychological endurance

- To be part of a group of friends with positive interactions, to participate in social activities

- Feeling valued, believing in your own skills and abilities

- Your belief that you have influence/control over events in your life

- Feeling like you've accomplished certain things, school success

- A peaceful school environment; A safe neighborhood

- Get a role model or mentor

- To have faith

- A loving and harmonious family environment

- Access to social services, psychological support

Research shows that with the increase in the mental well-being of the person, the functionality of the immune system may increase, the risk of contracting the disease may decrease, it may recover faster, work performance and creativity may improve and their social relationships are positively affected.