1. Chapter Seven
Your Mental and
Emotional Health
Lesson 1

2. Mental/Emotional Health
Chapter Seven
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”

3. Characteristics of Good Mental/Emotional Health
Positive Self-Esteem
Sense of belonging
Sense of purpose
Positive outlook
Autonomy

4. Accepts challenges and takes failure in stride
Positive Self-Esteem
“Feelings of confidence and self-esteem are directly related to your general level of wellness”
Accepts challenges and
takes failure in stride

5. “Emotional attachment to family, friends, and other people that
Sense of belonging
“Emotional attachment to family,
friends, and other people that
provide comfort and assurance” “
Feel part of your community

6. Sense of purpose
“Recognizing your own value and importance, enables you to set and achieve goals and engage in rewarding activities”
Sports, school, community service

7. Positive outlook
“Seeing the bright side and having hope about life reduces stress and increases your energy level”
Increases possibility
of being successful

8. Autonomy
“Having the confidence to make responsible and safe decisions, promotes self-assurance and a sense of independence”

9. Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
Chapter Seven
Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
“A ranked list of those needs essential
to human growth and development ,
presented in ascending order, starting
with the basic needs and building
towards the need for reaching the
highest potential” “

10. Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
Reaching Potential 5
Feeling Recognized 4
Belonging 3
Safety 2
Physical 1

11. Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
Physical-Hunger, thirst, shelter
Basic survival needs such as food, water clothing ,sleep, and shelter from the elements;
Bottom of the pyramid

12. Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
2) Safety-Secure from danger
“Safety of familiar places and people that help you feel secure, such as your home, your family, and trusted friends”

13. Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
3) Belonging-Love and be loved
“Humans are social beings that need to interact with other people and know that they are valued members of a group”

14. Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
4) Feeling Recognized-Achievement
“Being appreciated and valued by family, friends, and peers. Gaining respect and a feeling of self-worth”

15. Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
5) Reach Potential - Self-actualization
“Having goals that motivate and inspire you”

16. “Striving to become the best that you can be”
Chapter Seven
Self Actualization
“Striving to become the best that you can be”
Having the courage to make changes in your life in order to reach your goals and grow as a person

17. Personality Chapter Seven
“A complex set of characteristics that makes you unique”
Talkative, Shy
Musical, Athletic, Energetic

18. Personality Chapter Seven The one aspect of your personality
over which you have the most control
is your behavior; heredity and environment are main influences on personality; also role models

19. “Observing and learning from the behaviors of those around you”
Modeling
“Observing and learning from the behaviors of those around you”

20. Lesson 2
Developing A
Positive Identity

21. Personal Identity “Your sense of yourself as a unique individual”
Improve personal identity by taking pride in your strengths

22. Aspects of personal identity
Talents and abilities
Interests
Likes and dislikes
Values and beliefs
Goals

23. Developmental Assets
“Building blocks of development that help young people grow up as healthy, caring, and responsible individuals

24. Standards set by parents, expectations of teachers,
Developmental Assets
Support
Empowerment
Boundaries and expectations
Constructive use of time
Standards set by parents,
expectations of teachers,
laws set by community

25. Developmental Assets 5) Commitment to learning 6) Positive values
7) Social competencies
8) Positive identity
Personal strengths, commitments, and
values you use to guide your decisions

26. Healthy Identity Recognize strengths and weaknesses
Demonstrate positive values
Develop a purpose in life

27. Healthy Identity Form meaningful relationships
Contribute to the community
Avoid unhealthy risk behaviors

28. Constructive Criticism
“Non-hostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement”

29. Lesson 3
Understanding
Emotions

30. Emotions “Signals that tell your mind and body how to react”
During adolescence, hormones can
make emotions seem more intense

31. Hormone
“Chemical secreted by your glands that regulates the activities of different body cells”

32. Empathy
“The ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels”
Sympathy
“Feeling sorry for someone”

33. Phobia
“Fear that results from imagined threat that prevents you from leading a normal life”

34. A person with high self-esteem is more likely to live longer and be healthier
Ignoring strong emotions can increase internal tension that can eventually damage your health

35. Lesson 4
Managing
Emotions

36. Guilt
“A feeling that one has done something wrong or is to blame for something”
Guilt can act as your conscience
and motivate you to make positive
changes in your behavior

37. Defense Mechanism
“Mental processes used to deal with stressful emotions and situations”
Protect you from very strong feelings that could overwhelm you.

38. Defense Mechanisms Repression Suppression Rationalization Regression
Denial Compensation
Projection Idealization
Escape/Fantasy Sublimation

39. EX. Received bad news but still
Suppression
“Consciously holding back or restraining unpleasantness from one’s mind”
EX. Received bad news but still
need to do well on a test.

40. EX. A person does not remember the details of a traumatic event
Repression
“Involuntary pushing of unpleasant feelings out of conscious thought”
EX. A person does not remember
the details of a traumatic event

41. EX. An adult storms off and
Regression
“Reverting to behaviors more characteristic of an earlier stage of development”
EX. An adult storms off and
throws a tantrum

42. EX. Caught with phone and saying everyone else had theirs out
Rationalization
“Making excuses to explain a situation or behavior rather than directly taking responsibility for it”
EX. Caught with phone and saying
everyone else had theirs out

43. EX. A person who has a drinking problem denies that he does
Denial
“Unconscious lack of acknowledgement of something that is obvious to others”
EX. A person who has a drinking
problem denies that he does

44. Compensation
“Making up for weaknesses and mistakes through gift-giving, hard work, or extreme efforts”
EX. Got into trouble at school, clean up around house before dad comes home.

45. Projection EX. Boyfriend is cheating on his
“Attributing your own feelings or faults to another person or group”
EX. Boyfriend is cheating on his
girlfriend, but he blames her for
cheating all the time.

46. Idealization
“Seeing someone else as perfect, ideal, or more worthy than anyone else”

47. EX. Prisoner of War thinks about
Escape/Fantasy
“To break away from reality; a daydream that is full of imagination and very unreal”
EX. Prisoner of War thinks about
family and friends.

48. How Can Defense Mechanisms Be Helpful?
Protect you from very strong feelings that could overwhelm you; suppression; After a car accident, you may consciously push the event out of your mind so that you will be able to ride in cars without reliving the terror