1. Mental & Emotional Health
Bell work #2:
List as many characteristics of good mental health as possible
Circle characteristics that apply to you
Describe how you can strengthen those characteristics

2. Key Terms & Ideas
Mental/emotional health:
Is the ability to accept yourself and others, adapt to and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life.

3. Mental Health Affects Your Physical Health Positively!
People have also used laughter and their own positive attitude to make themselves physically well.

4. Mental Health Can Affect Your Physical Health Negatively!
Mind body connection is so strong that people have made themselves physically ill through worry.

5. Positive self-esteem Sense of belonging Sense of purpose
Characteristics of health mental and emotional health:
Positive self-esteem
Sense of belonging
Sense of purpose
Positive outlook
Autonomy

6. Mental/Emotional Health Characteristics
Which of these characteristics might seem difficult to control?
Why?

7. What Can Teens Do to Develop These Characteristics?
Positive Self-Esteem
Sense of Belonging
Sense of Purpose
Positive Outlook
Autonomy

8. List, Group, Label Motivated Lazy Determined Confident Positive
Draw a line down your paper with high and low self esteem
Categorize the words into high and/or low self-esteem
Add any other words to your list
Motivated
Lazy
Determined
Confident
Positive
Hard-working
Slacker
Negative

9. Key Term/Idea:
Hierarchy of Need:
Is a ranked list of those needs essential to human growth and development, starting with basic needs and building toward the need for reaching your highest potential.

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

11. Level 1: Physical Needs Survival needs (food, water, sleep, shelter)
People who are denied this make become weak or ill

12. Level 2:Need for Safety You need safety against physical harm
You need safety with familiar places & friends
(it makes you feel secure)

13. Level 3:Need to Be Loved and to Belong
Everyone needs to give love and know that he or she is loved in return
Feeling a sense of belonging (school, church, sports, etc.)

14. Level 4:Need to Be Valued and Recognized
Need to be appreciated by family, friends, and peers
Meet this need by participating in productive activities

15. Level 5:Need to Reach Your Potential
Self –Actualization:
Striving to be the best that you can be!
Life long process, make changes and grow as a person

16. Bell work #3: List your talents and abilities
What are your special qualities?
What other traits make you the person that you are?
(1 paragraph per question)

17. Understanding Your Personality
Is a complex set of characteristics that makes you unique

18. Influences on Your Personality
Personality and Heredity
Personality and Environment
Modeling:
Observing and learning from the behaviors of those around you
Personality and Behavior

19. Influences on Your Personality
Personality includes an individual's emotional makeup, attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors
Some you were born with
Some you have developed from life experiences

20. Personal Identity Personal Identity:
Your sense of yourself as a unique individual

21. Personal Identity Puzzle Pieces
The pieces of this puzzle include:
Your interests
Your likes/dislikes
Talents & abilities
Values & beliefs
Your goals

22. Developmental Assets Development Assets:
Are the building blocks of development that help young people grow up as healthy, caring, and responsible individuals

23. Examples of Developmental Assets
Support
Empowerment
Boundaries/Expectations
Positive Identity
Constructive Use of Time
Commitment to Learning
Positive Values

24. Steps to a Health Identity
Recognize your strengths and weaknesses
Demonstrate Positive Values

25. More Steps to a Health Identity
Develop a Purpose in Life
Form Meaningful Relationships
Contribute to the community

26. Even More Steps to a Healthy Identity
Avoid Unhealthful Risk Behaviors

27. Self-Esteem & Positive Outlook
When you have a healthy identity, you will experience a increased self-esteem and a higher level of mental/emotional health
People with a positive outlook live longer and are healthier

28. Realistic Patterns of Thinking
You must see events realistically
Constructive criticism:
Non-hostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement
Positive Self-Talk (I Messages)

29. Lesson 3 – Understanding Emotions
Signals that tell your mind and body how to react

30. Understanding Emotions…
Emotions Communicating emotions effectively is the key to building and maintaining healthy relationships
Affect all sides of your triangle

31. Identifying your Emotions
Hormone:
Is a chemical secreted by your glands that regulates the activities of different body cells

32. Some of Your Emotions… Happiness Sadness Love Empathy:
Ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels

33. More of My Emotions… Fear Guilt Anger Hostility:
Intentional unfriendly or offensive behavior

34. Homework #4 1. Write down 5-7 emotions
2. After each emotion name, identify at least 1 situation that my bring on that emotion
Example:
Crying: I cried when I was at my grandmother’s funeral (death).

35. Lesson 4 – Managing Emotions
Emotions are neither good or bad
How you deal with your emotions affects your overall level of health

36. Ways to Manage Difficult Emotions
What are some ways to manage your emotions?

37. What are Defense Mechanisms?
Mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations

38. Common Defense Mechanisms
Fear
Guilt
Anger

39. Common Defense Mechanisms
Repression
Suppression
Rationalization
Regression
Denial
Compensation

40. Myth or Fact? Q. All defense mechanisms are psychologically unhealthy?
There are times it can give you relief and help you cope with problem

41. Responding to Your Emotions
Look below surface of your emotion
Will it matter tomorrow even?
Thought about consequences of your action
Use positive feelings to inspire
Seek professional help if doesn’t go away