Mental Health What is Mental Health MentalEmotional Health

Mental Health

What is Mental Health? • Mental/Emotional Health: is about your feelings and thoughts. • The ability to accept yourself and others, express and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in your life. • Good Mental and Emotional health influences your physical and social health too.

Characteristics of Good Mental Health • Good sense of belonging • Sense of purpose • Positive outlook • Self-sufficiency • Healthy Self Esteem

Self Esteem • Self Esteem is how much you value, respect and feel confident about yourself. • You can develop a positive self esteem by creating a positive self talk • The encouragement or criticism that you give yourself. • Self esteem helps you feel proud of yourself and you accomplishments.

Your Environment and Self Esteem • You can control many things that affect your self esteem: • Avoid criticizing yourself • Set realistic expectations • Don’t expect everything to be perfect. • Way to improve your self esteem: • • Choose friends who value and respect you Try new activities to learn new talents Volunteer your time to help someone Consider Mistakes Learning opportunities.

Expressing Emotion in Healthy Ways • Emotions can affect you mental health. • • • Happiness Sadness Love Fear Guilt Anger

Dealing with Emotions in a Healthy Way • People deal with emotions in different ways some are harmful and others are positive. • Some people use a defense mechanism • Mental process that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations • .

Dealing with Difficult Emotions • Fear • • Recognizing the fear Figuring out what is causing the fear Taking small steps to overcome the fear Or seeking help • Guilt • Figure out why you are guilty • See if the situation is in your control • Act in a way to get rid of the guilt • Anger • Figure our what is causing the anger • Take time to calm down • Remove yourself from the situation

Suicide Prevention • Alienation: • Feeling isolated and separated from everyone. • Suicide: • Is the act of intentionally taking one’s own life. • Ways to prevent suicide: • • • Take it seriously Talk to them and start a meaningful conversation Show support and ask questions Encourage them to seek help Tell an adult

Ways to Improve Mental Health • Talking to someone you trust • Reading your bible • Studying for a test • Reading a book