YOUR MENTAL HEALTH CH 8 SELF-ESTEEM

MENTAL HEALTH INCLUDES: Having a positive outlook Being comfortable with yourself and others Being able to deal with life’s changes and demands Being able to cope, adapt and thrive

To achieve a strong sense of mental health you need to assess your level of mental wellness Bypass roadblocks to mental health Evaluate the positive and negative feedback that has influenced your self-esteem and work to improve your self-esteem by: Identify the negative feedback of your past Replace negative self-talk with constructive criticism

WRITE DOWN 3 Adjectives that others might use to describe you and three adjectives that you use to describe yourself

ROADBLOCKS to Mental Health 1. All or nothing thinking Recognize subtle degrees of differences 2. Expecting the “worst “ in others and or yourself 3. Letting your actions or words betray your values

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS Human beings have basic needs and when these needs are continuously not met---- mental and physical illness can occur Abraham Maslow, an American psychologist, tried to explain human needs by organizing them into a Hierarchy of Needs ( SEE page 193)

physical needs -hunger, thirst, shelter, safe environment

Emotional needs need to belong, to achieve to be loved

Aesthetic needs to know, explore and understand

Self-fulfilling Needs Need for self- actualization

PERSONALITY TRAITS TO achieve mental health, one must realize there are different personality traits.

Personality may be affected by: Heredity

Personality may be affected by: Environment

Personality may be affected by: PERSONALBEHAVIOR We have control over this!

EMOTIONS AND SELF ESTEEM YOUR FEELINGS affect everything you do. Your relationships, your thinking, your success and your failures are all affected by your feelings

Understanding your emotions Emotions are signals that tell your mind and body how to react DANGERFEAR that triggers the body to react JOYRELEASE ENDORPHINES that promote good mental health

Handling emotions in a healthful way Use your textbook to learn how to deal with emotions in a healthy way. Pages 202 to 207 ANSWER QUESTIONS ON PAGE 207 #1-3