1. Self-Esteem & Emotions

2. Learning Log  Name 3 or more mental challenges that you face everyday in school.  e.g.  Low test score  Failing to make a sports team

3. Self Esteem  Refers to how much you respect and like yourself  High self-esteem  Accept themselves  Realize strengths and weaknesses  Maintain positive attitude  Low self-esteem  Don’t respect themselves  Judge themselves harshly  Worry about what others think of them

4. Self-Esteem trends  Child  Increases through achievement  Decreases through lack of parenthood  Adolescence  Very unstable!  Usually decrease in early adolescence and then begins to increase (Why?)  Adulthood  Increases as adults begin to accomplish their goals  End of life  Usually decreases  Show graph in book  Get together and explain graphs

5. Learning Log  Some psychologists think that high self-esteem has a positive effect on health, while low self-esteem has a negative effect on health. Why do you think?

6. Improving Self-Esteem  Focus on your strengths (no comparisons)  Set ambitious but realistic goals  Do not be too hard on yourself  Choose friends who share your values, support you, and encourage you to do your best  Learn to accept compliments  Serve others and look beyond yourself  Do not focus much on appearance

7. Maslow’s Pyramid

8. Learning Log  Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses (at least 2 for each)  Think of a sad time in your life.  How did you feel?  How did you respond to that sadness?

9. Expressing Emotions  Emotion-reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body, and/or behavior  Primary emotions  Happiness  Response to pleasant events in life  Sadness  Response to disappointing events  Anger  Feeling frustrated or helpless  Fear  Threat to your safety or security

10. Expressing Emotions  Learned emotions  Love  Most positive emotion  Expressed through  Caring words  Touch  Thoughtful actions

11. Expressing Emotions  Learned emotions cont.  Guilt  Know you have done something wrong  Helpful if it stops you from making a mistake  Shame  Focuses on person rather than action  Harmful because it lowers self-esteem  Less likely to correct the bad situation

12. Recognizing Emotions  Name emotion  What triggered emotion  Past experiences of same emotion

13. Common Coping Mechanisms  Denial- refusing to recognize a problem  Compensation- making up for a weakness in one area by excelling in another  Rationalization- making excuses  Reaction Formation- behaving the opposite way to how you feel  Projection- putting your faults on someone else  Regression- behaving immaturely

14. Coping  Ways to cope  Confront head on- take action  Release your built up energy- Get active  Take a break- relax or distract yourself  Talk through your feelings  Ways not to cope  Drugs  Alcohol  Withdrawing from friends and family

15. Learning Log  Knowing what you know now, how do you cope with your emotions?