chapter 5 mental and emotional health
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Chapter 5 Mental and Emotional Health. Day 2 Lessons 3 & 4. Daily Journal. In your Journal section… Write a few sentences briefly describing a specific time when you felt stress. How did you manage your feelings?. Your Emotions. People can experience and express a wide range of feelings. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 5Mental and Emotional Health
Day 2Lessons 3 & 4
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Daily Journal
• In your Journal section…
Write a few sentences briefly describing a specific time when you felt stress. How did you manage your feelings?
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Your Emotions
• People can experience and express a wide range of feelings.
• All of your life experiences go hand in hand with some kind of feeling or emotion.
• Emotions affect all sides of your health triangle.
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Defintion
• Emotions: Feelings such as love, joy, or fear
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Definition
• Mood swings: Frequent changes in emotional state
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Mood Swings
• It is normal to experience many different emotions, sometimes in a short period of time.
• Mood swings happen mainly because of physical changes in the body such as change in hormone levels, worries over the future, and concerns over relationships.
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Managing Your Emotions
• Emotions are not always easy to recognize.
• If you can identify your emotions you can think of healthy strategies for dealing with them.
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Managing Your Emotions
• How you manage your emotions can affect those around you.
• It is important to remember that emotions themselves are not positive or negative. It is how you cope with them that matters.
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Types of Emotions
• Common emotions include happiness, sadness, anger, fear and grief.
• You may think of these emotions as “good” or “bad” but they are all normal because everyone experiences them.
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Happiness
• Happiness makes people feel good.• People often feel happy when their
needs are met.• People who are happy tend to smile and
have plenty of energy.• They wish to share this emotion with
others.
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Sadness
• You might feel sad when you lose something you care about or when you don’t succeed at an activity you want to do.
• Sad feelings don’t usually last very long in people that are emotionally healthy.
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Anger
• Anger is a natural reaction to feeling threatened.
• It can be a warning signal.
• Anger can also help release tension.
• The key is to let anger pass.
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Fear• Fear like anger, can serve
to protect us.• Fear can also be
unhealthy.• It can make it difficult for
you to take an active part in life.
• It is important to deal with fear healthfully so that it does not last too long.
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Grief
• Grief is a normal, healthy reaction to a loss.
• You might think is applies only to death, but you can feel grief over other losses, such as the loss of a relationship.
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The Five Stages of Grief
• Shock• Anger• Bargaining• Sadness• Acceptance
Everyone handles
these stages
differently
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Managing Your Emotions in a Healthful Way
• Managing these emotions in a healthful way is part of good mental and emotional health.
• To deal with anger you should take time to cool down and think about what you want to say.
• Discuss the situation with someone you trust who is not involved.
• Then calmly tell the person how you feel without placing the blame.
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Managing Your Emotions in a Healthful Way
• To cope with other strong feelings such as sadness or fear, try writing in a journal, listening to music, or engaging in a hobby you enjoy.
• Talk to a friend or trusted adult about how you feel.
• Physical activity can also help you focus your energy so that you feel more capable of dealing with your feelings.
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Managing Stress
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Definition
• Stress: The body’s response to real or imagined dangers to other life events.
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Stress
• Stress is an everyday experience, felt by all people at all ages.
• You cannot get rid of all stress completely but you can learn to deal with it effectively
• Stress can be positive or negative
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Definition
• Positive Stress: Stress that can help you reach your goals.
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Definition
• Distress: Stress that prevents you from doing what you need to do, or stress that causes you discomfort.
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Definition
• Stressors: Sources of stress.• Can you think of stressors that have
caused you to feel stress today?
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Definition
• Fight-or-flight response: The body’s way of responding to threats.
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Definition
• Adrenaline: A hormone that increases the level of sugar in the blood, giving your body extra energy.• *Adrenaline also increases your
heart rate and blood pressure.
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Definition
• Fatigue: Tiredness
• After a stressful situation you may feel fatigue because your body directed much of its energy into the fight-or-flight response.
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DIY Time
• Using an index card create/draw a stressful situation• In a small group (4 or less people) share
your flash cards and come up with suggestions on how to handle each situation
(need help? see Mrs. Bauder’s example)