Health + Wellness
What are the three areas of the Health Triangle? What does one area focus on?
Physical: your body and how it functions.
Mental/Emotional: your thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
Social: your relationships and connections with others.
What is mental health, and how can it affect a person?
Mental health involves a person's thoughts, feelings, and emotions
Affect how they think, feel, act, handle stress, and interact with others.
What is Grief and Grief Reaction?
Grief: a reaction to a significant loss.
Grief reaction: the ways a person may respond to that loss.
What is the difference between a red flag and a green flag?
A red flag is a warning sign of unhealthy behavior.
A green flag is a sign of healthy, respectful behavior.
What is the goal of Erin's Law?
Erin's Law requires schools to teach sexual abuse prevention. Its goal is to educate and empower students about what to do if abuse happens.
What does SMART stand for
S – Specific, M – Measurable, A – Attainable, R – Relevant, T – Time-bound.
What is the difference between mental health and mental health stigma?
Mental health is a person's mental/emotional well-being.
Mental health stigma involves negative attitudes or beliefs about mental health or people experiencing mental health difficulties.
Possible causes of grief? Name 3.
Death of a loved one or pet, moving, losing a friendship/relationship, family changes, illness, or another significant loss/change.
What is a boundary, and what can boundaries include? name 2
A boundary is a personal limit.
Boundaries can involve personal space, touch, communication, privacy, time, belongings, online interactions, and relationships.
What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Prejudice is a negative judgment or attitude about a person or group that is formed without fair knowledge or understanding.is an unfair negative attitude or belief.
Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person or group based on a characteristic or group membership.
How do the three areas of the health triangle work together?
Your health is multidimensional.What happens to your body can affect your mind, and what happens to your mind can affect your body and relationships.
What is self-care, and what are the four areas of self-care?
Self-care means taking care of yourself and your well-being.
The four areas taught in class are physical, mental, emotional, and social self-care.
What is the difference between empathy and sympathy?
Empathy: understanding or sharing how another person feels.
Sympathy: feeling concern or compassion for what another person is going through.
What is grooming? Name 2 warning signs.
Grooming is when an adult abuser tricks someone into trusting, admiring, or depending on them and may use that false sense of trust to facilitate abuse.
Examples can include an adult or older person seeking unusual secrecy, giving excessive gifts or special attention, ignoring boundaries, trying to isolate a young person, or gradually making interactions inappropriate.
1. What are possible signs that someone may be struggling with their mental health? Possible signs include major changes in mood, behavior, sleep, energy, school performance, relationships, or interest in usual activities.
major changes in mood, behavior, sleep, energy, school performance, relationships, or interest in usual activities.
Name at least four common obstacles to reaching a goal.
fear of failure, procrastination, Lack of support/guidance, lack of motivation, lack of time, negative thinking/self-doubt, environment, insufficient resources, lack of knowledge.
What is self-esteem, and what is the difference between high and low self-esteem?
Self-esteem is a person's feelings and beliefs about themselves.
High self-esteem includes feeling confident about your worth and abilities and believing in yourself.
Low self-esteem involves more negative feelings or beliefs about yourself.
What actions, changes, or symptoms could indicate someone is struggling with depression or may need help? Name 3.
Examples can include withdrawing from others, changes in usual activities, major mood or behavior changes, changes in sleep or energy, persistent sadness, hopelessness, or loss of interest in activities.
What are the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships? Name 2 from each.
Healthy: trust, respect, honesty, communication, support, equality, and respected boundaries.
Unhealthy: disrespect, dishonesty, pressure, controlling behavior, jealousy, lack of trust, or ignored boundaries.
Name 7 examples of self-care habits.
Any example that supports health, is safe, helps manage stress in a healthy way, and does not harm yourself or others.
Give an example of how one area can affect the other two areas.
Answers can vary. Example: Getting enough sleep can help your body get the rest it needs (physical), help you focus and feel less stressed (mental/emotional), and give you more patience and energy to interact with others (social).
What three eating disorders were discussed?
The three disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
Name and explain the stages of grief.
Denial: difficulty accepting the loss.
Anger: feeling angry or frustrated.
Bargaining: thinking about what could have been done differently.
Sadness: experiencing sadness connected to the loss.
Acceptance: recognizing the loss and beginning to adjust.
What is abuse, how can it affect health, and what types were discussed? (3 types)
Abuse is behavior used to hurt or control another person.
It can affect physical, mental/emotional, and social health.
Types discussed include physical, emotional/verbal, and sexual abuse.
Name 7 people from school you could turn to for help. Needs to be the full name.