Chapter 3 – What is Mental Health?

1. Chapter 3 – What is Mental Health? Lesson 1 Vocabulary – Mental Health, Feedback Write as many words as you can think of that describe a person with good mental health

2. Mental Health • Much more than not being mentally ill • There are varying levels of mental health • Self esteem is critical to mental and emotional wellness

3. Your Mental Health • Being able to cope, adapt, and thrive on many areas (makes good decisions) • It is important to keep a check on your level of mental health

4. Roadblocks to Mental Health • All or nothing thinking • Expecting the worst in others or yourself • Being a perfectionist • Letting your actions or words betray your values

5. Self Esteem and Your Mental Health • Health habits are all affected by what you think of yourself • Positive and negative feedback • Responsible for forming self esteem • All the messages you have received as you have grown up • A person that has received mostly positive feedback will have a high level of self esteem

6. Self Talk • Feedback from yourself • Don’t focus on negatives or weaknesses • Use constructive criticism

7. Lesson 2 • List 15 needs you have and categorize them under the appropriate levels in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs

8. Your Needs, Your Personality • All humans have basic needs • Mental and physical illness occur when basic needs are not met • Personality is shaped by heredity, environment, and behavior • You have the greatest control over personal behavior

9. Pyramid of Needs • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs – ranked list of essential human needs required for growth and development. • People must meet their needs in healthful ways • Inappropriate behavior can result from not fulfilling needs

10. Physical Needs • Needs at the bottom of the pyramid • Hunger, thirst, sleep, shelter • Can affect people physically and mentally

11. Emotional Needs • The need to be loved • The need to belong • The need to be valued or recognized

12. Aesthetic Needs • Artistic needs • Appreciation of that which is beautiful • Stimulation of senses

13. Self Fulfilling Needs • Self – actualization – striving to be the best you can be • Top of the pyramid • Life long motivating process

14. Understanding Your Personality • Set of characteristics that makes you unique • Psychologists view personality as a window to a person’s mental health

15. Foundations of Personality • Heredity – temperament or emotional tendencies • Environment – all the experiences surrounding a person • Modeling – copying behaviors you are exposed to • Behavior – how you make decisions, what decisions you make, and what action you take to improve your life

16. Lesson 3 • Briefly describe in two situations where you experienced one of the following: fear, anger, love, or mixed emotions

17. Emotions • Influence thoughts and actions • Neither good nor bad • Hormones greatly affect emotions during adolescence

18. Understanding Emotions • Emotions – signals that tell your mind and body how to react • Emotions can help protect you from danger, promote mental health, and can cause physical changes in your body.

19. Identifying Emotions • Love – strong affection, deep concern, and respect • Empathy – ability to imagine how someone else feels • Helps a person reach out to others

20. Identifying Emotions • Fear – causes your body to prepare for action. Can help keep a person safe • Phobias – irrational fears that can prevent a normal life • Anger – causes physical change in the body • Has to be handled in a rational way • Hostility – key personality trait in predicting heart disease

21. Identifying Emotions • Guilt – emotional response to doing something wrong • Results from acting against one’s values

22. Lesson 4 • Explain a situation in your life when something very good or very bad caused stress. How did you respond

23. Handling Emotions In Healthful Ways • There are positive and negative ways of handling emotions • Your emotional health depends on your outlook on life and on protective factors

24. Positive Ways to Handle Emotions • Do I have any control over what is causing this emotion? • Is this feeling or situation going to matter later • Think before you act • Feelings are just feelings • Strong feelings can signal danger

25. Positive Ways to Handle Emotions • Use positive feelings to inspire you • Use negative feelings for motivation • Remember that all human beings have strong feelings • If the feeling doesn’t go away, seek help

26. Dealing Healthfully With Emotions • Defense Mechanisms – strategies used to deal with strong emotions • Handling Fear – identify the fears and seek help with them if they are out of control

27. Managing Anger • Re-channel your energy • Get away by yourself and have a good cry • Talk to someone • Write down what you are feeling and why you are feeling it • Punch a pillow or count to ten

28. Dealing with Guilt • Address the issue • Take action • Resist doing something you know is wrong • Admit when you have done something wrong

29. Fostering Mental Health • Have a positive outlook • Be resilient –being able to adapt and recover from disappointment • Be able to survive and thrive