1. UNIT 2 (ch 3,4,5)

2. Chapter 3 – Achieving Good Mental Health

3. Developing Your Self-Esteem
Mental/emotional Health – the ability to accept yourself and others, adapt to and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life

4. Characteristics of Good Mental & Emotional Health
Sense of belonging – emotional attachment to family, friends, and other people that provide comfort and assurance; provides stability
Sense of purpose – recognize values and importance
Positive outlook – seeing the bright side and having hope
Autonomy/Self-Sufficiency – confidence to make responsible and safe decisions, promote sense of independence
Positive self-esteem – feeling of self confidence

5. Resilient – the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis
Self-esteem – how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself
Competence – having enough skills to do something
Self talk – encouragement or criticism that you give yourself; affects self-esteem

6. Improving Self Esteem Choose friends who value and respect you
Focus on positive aspects about yourself
Replace negative self-talk wit supportive self-talk
Work toward accomplishments rather than perfection
Consider your mistakes learning opportunities
Try new activities to discover your talents
Write down your goals and the steps you will take to achieve them
Exercise regularly to feel more energized
Volunteer your time to help someone
Accept the thinks you can’t change, and focus your energy on changing the things you can

7. Hierarchy of needs theory by Abraham Maslow
a ranked list of those needs essential to human growth and development, presented in ascending order, starting with basic needs and building toward the need for reaching your highest potential

8. Hierarchy of needs Physical Needs
survival needs (food, water, sleep, and shelter)
lack of nutrients interferes with function
taken for granted

10. Hierarchy of needs
Need for Safety
familiar places
familiar people

11. Hierarchy of needs Need to Belong love, belonging, valued
if babies are denied, they could die
emotionally stunted, have behavior problems

12. Hierarchy of needs Need to Be Valued, Recognized Appreciated
need to know, achieve, recognized

13. Hierarchy of needs Need to Achieve Full Potential
self-actualization – striving to be the best you can be
having goals that motivate you and inspire you
have courage to make changes
learning self discipline

14. Developing Personal Identity and Character
Personal Identity – your sense of yourself as a unique individual
Your interest
Likes/dislikes
Talents/abilities
Values/beliefs
Goals

15. Role Model
someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for you

16. Personality
complex set of characteristics that make you unique and sets you apart
Includes emotional make-up, attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors
Composed of tendencies born with and characteristics you develop in response to life like situations

17. The Importance of Good Character
Character – the distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves
A person of good character demonstrates core ethical values such as responsibility, honesty, and respect

19. Traits of Good Character
Trustworthiness
Respect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship
Integrity – firm observance of core ethical values

21. Process to Recognizing a Positive Identity
Recognize strengths and weaknesses
Demonstrate positive values
Develop a purpose
Form meaningful relationships
Avoid unhealthful risk behaviors
Contribute to the community

23. Constructive criticism
nonhostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement

24. Expressing Emotions in Healthful Ways
Emotions – signals that tell your mind and body how to react
Hormone – chemical secreted by your glands that regulates the activities of different body cells

26. Common Types of Emotions
Happiness – pleased, carefree
Sadness – caused by disappointment or rejection
Love – strong affection, deep concern, respect, supporting others, receive & give
Fear – SNS: increased HR and BR; a learned behavior
phobias – irrational fear

27. Common Types of Emotions
Guilt – emotional response when you think you’ve done something wrong; feeling of shame or regret; associated with low self esteem
Anger – can be silent or open
hostility – intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior
people with chronic hostility are 4-7 more times likely to die of heart disease

28. Managing Emotions
Empathy – ability to imagine and understand how someone feels
Defense Mechanisms – mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations

29. Types of Defense Mechanisms
Repression – involuntary pushing of unpleasant feelings out of conscious thought
Suppression – conscious, intentional pushing of unpleasantness from one’s mind
Rationalization – making excuses to explain a situation or behavior rather than directly taking responsibility for it

30. Types of Defense Mechanisms
Regression – reverting to behaviors more characteristic of an earlier stage of development rather than dealing with the conflict in a mature manner
Denial – unconscious lack of acknowledgement of something that is obvious to others
Compensation – making up for weaknesses and mistakes through gift-giving, hard work, or extreme efforts

31. Types of Defense Mechanisms
Projection – attributing your own feelings or faults to another person or group
Idealization – seeing someone else as perfect, ideal, or more worthy than everyone else

32. Handling Fear
Identify the fear
Have a confidant

33. Dealing with Guilt
identify the underlying cause

34. Managing Anger Do something to relax Rechannel energy
Talk with someone you trust
Get away, cry
Write down feelings
Punch a pillow