2. What is Mental Health
Generally having a positive outlook, being
comfortable with yourself and other, and
being able to meet life’s challenges and
demands.
3. Self-Esteem
The confidence and worth that you feel
about yourself
How is it formed?
Feedback-messages from others that indicate
what they think you are or what they think you
are like
Self-Talk – feedback from yourself
4. Roadblocks to Mental Health
All or Nothing Thinking
Expecting the Worst
Being a Perfectionist
Letting your actions or words betray your
values
14. Personality
A complex set of characteristics that makes you
unique and sets you apart from everyone else.
Heredity
Environment
Personal Behavior
Two personality types:
Type A- Competitive, High Achievers
Type B- Laid-Back
19. Changes Emotions Cause
Endorphins can be triggered causing “fight
or Flight” mechanism
Release of chemicals that cause good
feelings and promote mental health
Increase in HR, perspiration, tightening of
stomach muscles.
20. Love
All humans need to give and receive (Maslow)
Includes strong affection, deep concern, respect,
supporting growth & individual needs, and
respecting that persons boundaries and values
Ways to express:
Words, Actions, Facial Expressions, touch, and good
deeds
Forms:
Caring for family/friends, loyalty to siblings, deep
connection to your country
21. Empathy
The ability to imagine
and understand how
someone else feels
“walk in someone
else’s shoes”
Anger
A strong feeling of
displeasure
22. Fear
Physical reaction to a life-threatening
situation.
Can be rational or irrational (phobias)
Can be inherited or instilled
Sympathetic Nervous System-reacts by
preparing your body for necessary actions.
23. Guilt
An emotional response when you think you
have done something wrong.
24. Handling Emotions
Ask yourself: What is this feeling really
about? Do I have any control over the
cause?
Consider whether or not this feeling or
situation will really matter tomorrow, next
week, or next year.
Remind yourself that feelings are just
feelings.
25. Handling Emotions
Use positive feelings to inspire you and
upsetting ones to motivate you to change.
Remember that you are not alone.
If the feeling doesn’t go away, seek help
from a parent, trusted adult, or professional.
26. Defense Mechanisms
Repression- Involuntary, unconscious
pushing of unpleasant feelings below the
surface and out of conscious thought
Suppression- Conscious, intentional
pushing of unpleasantness from one’s mind
27. Defense Mechanisms
Rationalization- Making excuses to try to
explain a situation or behavior rather than
directly taking responsibility
Regression- Turning back to behaviors
more characteristic of an earlier stage of
development rather than dealing with
conflict in a mature manner
28. Defense Mechanisms
Denial- Involuntary lack of
acknowledgement of something in one’s
environment that is obvious to others
Compensation- Wanting to cover up
weaknesses and mistakes by making them
through gift-giving, hard work, or other
extreme efforts
29. Defense Mechanisms
Idealization – Seeing someone else as
perfect or more ideal or worthy, than
everyone else.
Projection- Being unaware of attributing
one’s own feelings or faults to another
person or group even when these attributes
do not apply