There is one question Marcus Ericsson hears regularly, and it’s especially appropriate Oct. 10 on World Mental Health Day. In fact, he notes while exercise of any kind helps with his physical fitness, mental health exercises like these improve his mental fitness. “It’s more about just the general mental state you’re in,” he said. The topic, Ericsson said, needs to be even more mainstream than it is. “I think (awareness) has (improved), but I still feel like there’s bit a bit of taboo around (mental health),” he said. Working on your mental strength and mental health is a show of strength. “I think working on that shows you want to be the best version of yourself, and that, I think, is a common misperception with mental health.

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