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Your Mental and Emotional Health

Your Mental and Emotional Health

Mental Health • Mental Health: Generally having a positive outlook, being comfortable with yourself

Mental Health • Mental Health: Generally having a positive outlook, being comfortable with yourself and others, being able to meet life's challenge and demands.

Signs of Good Mental Health • 1. Realistic about strengths and weaknesses • 2.

Signs of Good Mental Health • 1. Realistic about strengths and weaknesses • 2. Responsible for personal behavior • 3. Avoid high-risk behavior • 4. Open-minded and flexible • 5. Fun Loving and able to relax • 6. Respect personal and others needs

Signs of Good Mental Health • 7. Respect everyone's values, including their own. •

Signs of Good Mental Health • 7. Respect everyone's values, including their own. • 8. Express emotions in a safe manner • 9. Invest time and energy into relationships • 10. Put talents and abilities to good use. • 11. View change as a challenge and opportunity.

Road Blocks to Good Mental Health • An all or nothing attitude • Expecting

Road Blocks to Good Mental Health • An all or nothing attitude • Expecting the worst in others or yourself • Being a perfectionist • Letting actions or words betray values

Positive Feedback vs. Negative Feedback • Positive Feedback = words or actions of praise

Positive Feedback vs. Negative Feedback • Positive Feedback = words or actions of praise and acknowledgement • Vs. • Negative Feedback = words or actions that cause defamation of character

Constructive Criticism • Learn and Grow from your Mistakes

Constructive Criticism • Learn and Grow from your Mistakes

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Personality Typing • Modeling: copying other's behaviors. • Remember, all of us adapt and

Personality Typing • Modeling: copying other's behaviors. • Remember, all of us adapt and take on different personality types depending on the situation at hand.

Emotions • The ways you express your emotions can have a lot to do

Emotions • The ways you express your emotions can have a lot to do with your personality. • EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE LOVED • Empathy: an ability to imagine how others feel • Fear: Reacting to a stimulus. Your Sympathetic Nervous System reacts by preparing you for “fight or flight. ”

Anger/Guilt • Hostility: an intentional use of unfriendly or nasty behavior. • ANGER IS

Anger/Guilt • Hostility: an intentional use of unfriendly or nasty behavior. • ANGER IS ALMOST ALWAYS CAUSED BY FEELING UNIMPORTANT! • Ask yourself, “How do I feel unimportant when I am angry? ” • Guilt: When you feel you have done something wrong.

Dealing with Emotions • Remember, there are both positive/effective and negative/non-effective ways of dealing

Dealing with Emotions • Remember, there are both positive/effective and negative/non-effective ways of dealing with emotions. • Defense Mechanisms: Strategies used to deal with strong or stressful situations.

Managing Anger • Refer to page 43. Answer questions 1 & 2

Managing Anger • Refer to page 43. Answer questions 1 & 2