Mental and Emotional Health By: Mr. Plumb

Journal Question “What can you do to control your health”?

What is Health? Health - the conditions of a person’s body, mind, emotions, and relationships

Dimensions of Wellness There are 6 dimensions of wellness Physical Intellectual Emotional Social Environmental Spiritual

Physical Condition of a person’s body Examples: exercise, proper nutrition, flexibility, preventive care, avoiding abusive substances

Intellectual Mind, involves curiosity and ongoing learning, to pursue and retain knowledge, think critically about issues, make sound decisions, identify problems, and find solutions Examples: applying things you have learned, creativity, curiosity.

Emotional Feelings, acceptance of your feelings and self-image, develop positive qualities Examples: self-expression, self-control, self-evaluation, self- confidence

Social Relationships with others Examples: ability to make friends, cooperate with others, involved with community, teamwork

Environmental Quality of environment Examples: clean air, pure water, quality food, shelter, personal safety, safe working conditions, recycling, carpools

Spiritual Searching for meaning and purpose in human existence Examples: beliefs, values, morals, religious beliefs

Dimensions of Wellness What is this picture saying? Worksheet

Behaviors Healthy Promotes health Prevents illness, injury, and death Improves quality of the environment Risky Threatens life Increases likelihood of illness and death Harms quality of environment

Factors That Influence Your Health Status Heredity Quality of environment Random events Health care Behaviors chosen Quality of relationships Decisions made Ability to say no to wrong actions Kinds of risks you take Ability to bounce back

Class Work Write each dimension on a piece of paper Rate yourself from 1-10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) on what you believe you are for that dimension Explain why you chose that rating (give examples) Do this for all the dimensions