The ability to handle the stresses and changes

The ability to handle the stresses and changes of everyday life in a reasonable way.

Stress your body’s response to changes around you • Fight or Flight- the body’s way of responding to threats • Adrenaline-a hormone released that increases the level of sugar in the blood, giving your body extra energy. – Increases heart rate – Increases blood pressure • Fatigue-after a stressful situation your body feels tired.

Types of Stress Positive (Eustress) • Helps you reach goals and accomplish tasks, along with provide energy needed to help you escape danger • Ex: Being excited about a race and feeling a burst of energy, performing in front of an audience • • Negative (Distress) Gets in the way and holds you back Often out of your control May include problems at home or at school Too much can be unhealthy

Signs of good Mental/Emotional Health • Have a good attitude & positive outlook • Recognize strengths & weaknesses • Set realistic goals (S. M. A. R. T) – (specific, measureable, attainable, realistic, timely) • Act responsibly • Accept constructive feedback

Accepting Who You Are You need to recognize your strengths and work on improving your weaknesses. In the next few years, you will learn a lot about your personality A combination of your likes, dislikes, attitudes, abilities, and habits

Influences on your Personality • Heredity: Passing of biological traits from parents to children (Ex. Outgoing) • Environment: Family, friends, neighborhood, school, climate • Behavior: how you act. You have the most control over your behavior. Actions you take, represent how you feel about yourself or others

Empathy Identifying with and sharing another person’s feelings.

Confidence Belief in your ability to do what you set out to do.

Self Concept The way you see yourself

Self-Esteem How you feel about yourself!

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