Emotional Health Lesson 2: Dealing with emotional health Careers, Well-Being and Life Issues

Learning Objective: We are learning how to balance our emotional health CAN YOU REMEMBER WHAT EMOTIONAL HEALTH IS?

Definition of Emotional Health…  “Emotional Health is something that everyone has to deal with on a day to day basis, it is how balanced you are feeling and how you deal with stress and disruption to your life.”

Happiness Starter Task: Different Types Of Emotions Make 2 lists using the emotions here, positive and negative Guilt Respect Serenity Loneliness Sadness Boredom Anxiety Fear Stubbornness Envy Disgust Worry Optimism Joy

Everyone’s emotional well- being can change on a daily basis  You could wake up happy, and then have an argument with your friends or family  You could wake up frightened because you haven’t done your homework, but the teacher doesn’t shout and gives you another chance  You are really confident for a test, and then your mind goes blank and you get upset  There could be a sudden tragedy or accident  You could wake up happy, and then have an argument with your friends or family  You could wake up frightened because you haven’t done your homework, but the teacher doesn’t shout and gives you another chance  You are really confident for a test, and then your mind goes blank and you get upset  There could be a sudden tragedy or accident

Task 2: Can emotional well-being affect physical well-being?  Discuss in your pairs if you think that poor emotional wellbeing can affect your physical health - if so how?.

Answers: Can emotional well-being affect physical well-being?  Feel sick  Headaches  Eating habits  Sleep  Concentration  Heart  People sometimes stop looking after themselves properly  Feel sick  Headaches  Eating habits  Sleep  Concentration  Heart  People sometimes stop looking after themselves properly

Task 3: What could be some of the most extreme behaviours that someone with poor emotional wellbeing could display?  On your own write down three extremes of behaviour that could be caused by poor emotional wellbeing

Answer: What could be some of the most extreme behaviours that someone with poor emotional wellbeing could display?  Self-harm  Drug abuse  Excessive drinking  Extreme behaviour: anger  Suicidal  Eating disorders  Mental illness: depression  Permanent mental health issues  Self-harm  Drug abuse  Excessive drinking  Extreme behaviour: anger  Suicidal  Eating disorders  Mental illness: depression  Permanent mental health issues

Task 4: High Risk Behaviours  Sexual intercourse (early or unprotected)  Violence  Smoking  Drinking alcohol  Drug taking  Truancy  Running away  Self harm  Suicide ideation  Suicide attempts  Body piercing and tattooing  Crime  Sexual intercourse (early or unprotected)  Violence  Smoking  Drinking alcohol  Drug taking  Truancy  Running away  Self harm  Suicide ideation  Suicide attempts  Body piercing and tattooing  Crime Do you think that these behaviours are high risk? * Remember that high risk behaviours can jeopardize your future, cause health problems or premature death 1.Do you think that some of these behaviours are a higher risk than others? 2.Put these risks in order so that the highest risk is at the top of the list

Task 5: How can you improve your own emotional well-being, even when things are tough?  Discuss in your pairs ways that you could make yourself feel better/ improve your emotions when things are tough. List five things!

Answers: How can you improve your own emotional well-being, even when things are tough?  Talk to a friend  Talk to a teacher  Seek professional help  Try to solve the problem  Do something to relax  Avoid the situation: online etc  MAKE SURE YOU TELL SOMEONE AND ASK FOR HELP!  Talk to a friend  Talk to a teacher  Seek professional help  Try to solve the problem  Do something to relax  Avoid the situation: online etc  MAKE SURE YOU TELL SOMEONE AND ASK FOR HELP!

Task 6: How could your behaviour affect the emotional well-being of a friend?  List 3 positive ways you can affect a friend’s emotional well-being and 3 negative things you could do to make their wellbeing worse

Task 7: Answer these 8 questions in a Word document… 1.What do you think ‘Emotional Health’ is? 2.What events/ issues can negatively affect your ‘Emotional Health’ ? 3.How can poor ‘Emotional Health’ affect your physical well-being? What physical symptoms would you suffer from? 4.What are the most extreme behaviours of people with poor ‘Emotional Health’? 5.What could you do to make things better if you had poor ‘Emotional Health’ ? 6.What could you do to help a friend who has poor ‘Emotional Health’ ? 7.Why do you think good ‘emotional health’ is important in life? 8.How could having poor ‘Emotional Health’ affect your future? 1.What do you think ‘Emotional Health’ is? 2.What events/ issues can negatively affect your ‘Emotional Health’ ? 3.How can poor ‘Emotional Health’ affect your physical well-being? What physical symptoms would you suffer from? 4.What are the most extreme behaviours of people with poor ‘Emotional Health’? 5.What could you do to make things better if you had poor ‘Emotional Health’ ? 6.What could you do to help a friend who has poor ‘Emotional Health’ ? 7.Why do you think good ‘emotional health’ is important in life? 8.How could having poor ‘Emotional Health’ affect your future?

Plenary  Write down in your own words how emotional wellbeing can affect your everyday life, and what you can do to make things better when the going gets tough!