Health and Wellness SelfEsteem Mental Health Mental and

Health and Wellness Self-Esteem & Mental Health Mental and Emotional Health Chapter 3: Section 3 Pages 61 -67 Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health

Objectives At the end of this lesson, students will have been able to do the following: o Describe characteristics of positive health. o Compare the stages of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. o Describe how you can learn to express emotions in positive ways. o Identify the limitations of defense mechanisms. o Describe three positive strategies for managing your emotions. Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health

Key Terms o Mental health n o Self-actualization n o The achievement of the best that a person can be Emotion n o The state of mental well-being in which one can cope with the demands of daily life The feeling that is produced in response to life experiences Defense mechanism n Ifill-Roseau An unconscious behavior used to avoid experiencing unpleasant emotions Adapted from Lifetime Health

Motivation o Brainstorm different ways people express certain emotions and determine if the different ways of expressing the emotion are helpful or harmful to themselves or others. Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health

Mental Health o The state of mental well-being in which one can cope with the demands of daily life. n A sense of control n Ability to endure failures and frustrations n Ability to see events positively n Ability to express emotions in a healthy way Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs o Mentally and emotionally healthy people are more likely to reach selfactualization. n Self-actualization o n Esteem stage o n The need for shelter and protection from danger Physical stage o Ifill-Roseau The need for love, affection, and acceptance Safety stage o n The need to have self-respect and to achieve goals Social stage o n The achievement of the best that a person can be The need for food, water, sleep, and exercise Adapted from Lifetime Health

Managing Emotions o An emotion is the feeling that is produced in response to life experiences. Learning to express Emotions o You can learn to express your emotions more constructively regardless of how others around you express their emotions. o Practice expressing your emotions in a positive way. Managing Emotions o Talk it out o Blow off steam o Be creative n Sing, or play a musical instrument; write down how you feel; talk to a friend; exercise, or play a sport; let go of what you can’t control; and draw or paint a picture. Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health

Emotions deserving special attention! o Anger, fear, guilt, jealousy, and loneliness Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health

Defense Mechanisms o Unconscious thought or behavior used to avoid experiencing unpleasant emotions. n n n n n Ifill-Roseau Compensation Daydreaming Denial Displacement Idealization Projection Rationalization Regression Repression Sublimation o o Limitations of Defense Mechanisms n Some defense mechanism can be helpful or have a positive outcome. n Ignoring feelings can become problematic. Finding the Right Balance n Adapted from Lifetime Health Find the right balance between managing emotions and using defense mechanisms.

Defense mechanisms o Compensation n o Shifting feelings about one person or situation to another person or situation Ifill-Roseau Copying someone you think highly of because you don’t feel good about who you are Reacting to emotions in a childlike or immature fashion Repression n o Making excuses for or justifying behavior Regression n o Idealization n o Seeing your own faults or feeling in someone else Rationalization n Refusing to accept reality Displacement n o Imaging pleasant things that take your mind off the unpleasant reality Projection n o Denial n o Making up for weakness in one area by achieving in another Daydreaming n o o Blocking out painful thoughts or feelings Sublimation n Adapted from Lifetime Health Redirecting negative impulses into positive behavior

Closure o State whether each of the statements below is true or false. Correct the false statements. n The way that a person expresses his or her emotions is learned by their family interactions as they grow up and cannot be changed. n If you are emotionally and mentally healthy, you will not feel angry about things. Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health

Works Cited o Images. Retrieved on March 10, 2006 from http: //www. images. google. com o Friedman, D. P. , Stine, C. C. , and Whalen, S. (2004). Lifetime Health. Austin, Texas: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Retrieved on August 4, 2010 http: //www. businessballs. com/maslow. htm o Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health