mental & emotional health adapted from glencoe health, 2005
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Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional Health
• 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.
People with good mental/emotional health
demonstrate…• Positive Self-Esteem: feelings of confidence • Sense of Belonging: emotional attachment to
family, friends, and others.• Sense of Purpose: recognizing your own
value and importance.• Positive Outlook: seeing the bright side of
life.• Autonomy: having confidence to make
responsible and safe decisions, which gives you a sense of independence.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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Striving to become the best you can be.
The need to be recognized.
The need to be loved and belong.
Need to be secure from danger
Need to satisfy the basic needs.
Meeting Your Needs
• Practicing abstinence and meeting your needs in a healthy way will help prevent risky behaviors, and will strengthen your mental/emotional health.
Personality• Personality: a complex set of characteristics
that makes YOU unique.• Personality is an important factor in how you
choose to meet your needs.• This includes:
• Your individual emotional make-up, attitude, thoughts, and behaviors.
• Heredity and Environment• Modeling- observing and learning from
those around you.
Your Personal Identity
• Personal Identity- your sense of yourself as a unique individual.
• Your personal identity is made up of the following:
InterestsLikes and
dislikes
Talents and abilities
Values and
beliefsGoals
Emotions
• Emotions- Signals that tell your mind and body how to feel.
Communicating emotions effectively is the key to building and managing healthy relationships.
Identifying Your Emotions
• Different emotions teens feel:• Happiness- pleased or feel good• Sadness- discouraged and have less energy• Love- strong affection, deep concern, respect• Empathy- able to understand how others feel• Fear- increases alertness, scared• Guilt- acting against one’s values• Anger- mad, frustrated
hostility-the intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior.
Dealing with Emotions in a Positive Way
• Strategies used to help deal with your emotions are:• Look below the surface
• What am I reacting to? Does the intensity of my emotion match the situation?
• Consider the situation• Does the event really matter? Will it matter
tomorrow, next week, or next year?• Consider the consequences
• Don’t take action until you have thoroughly considered the possible consequences of your action.
Dealing with Emotions in a Positive Way Con’t.
• Use Positive Feelings• Use the positive feelings to help inspire you. • Fuel your negative feelings into physical activities or
engaging in conversations with a family member, or friend.
• Seek Help• If the negative feelings do not disappear, seek help
from a parent, another trusted adult, or a health care professional.
Managing Difficult Emotions
Dealing with Intense Emotions
Take slow deep breaths and relax when you feel the emotions building.
Get away from the situation to gather yourself together.
Control your feelings by
analyzing the situation that caused them.
Write in a journal or play music.
Managing Difficult Emotions
• Defense mechanisms: mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations.• How people often avoid the emotions that cause
discomfort.• Can keep a person from what is really facing you.
• Suppression: holding back or restraining.• provides a temporary escape from an unpleasant
situation.
Handling Fear
• Fear is an emotion that people work to overcome.• Some fear is healthy and natural; only when fear is irrational or
uncontrollable should you consider it a problem.
• How to overcome your fear
Talk about your fear
with someone you trust.
Analyze the situation
that causes fear.
Identify your fear
Dealing with Guilt
Try to get at the underlying source of your guilt and address that issue.
Resolve to be more careful and responsible in the future.
Discuss the situation with family or friends.