Defense Mechanisms
Refusing to accept reality or the truth of a difficult situation.
What is denial?
An eating disorder where a person intentionally restricts food intake due to an intense fear of gaining weight.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
Illness, muscle fatigue, elevated heart rate, and sleep deprivation are examples of this type of stressor.
What is a Physiological Stressor?
The very first "D" step in the DECIDE model.
What is Define the problem?
The term describing how an individual perceives, thinks about, and values themselves.
What is Self-Concept (or Self-Esteem)?
Involuntarily forgetting unpleasant memories by pushing them into the subconscious mind (your mind makes the decision for you).
What is Repression
A mood disorder featuring dramatic shifts between extreme highs (mania) and extreme lows (depression).
What is Bipolar Disorder
Exam anxiety, relationship conflicts, or fear of public speaking are examples of this type of stressor.
What is a Psychological Stressor?
The "E" step where you brainstorm all possible options available.
What is Explore the alternatives?
One healthy and proactive strategy a person can use to build higher self-esteem.
What is using positive self-talk or setting realistic goals?
Intentionally pushing unpleasant thoughts or feelings out of conscious awareness.
Suppression
A condition where the mind uses recurring thoughts and repetitive behaviors to reduce intense anxiety.
What is OCD
Along with Fight or Flight, these two stress responses involve either becoming paralyzed by fear or pleasing others to avoid conflict.
What are Freeze and Fawn?
The "C" step in DECIDE where you weigh the positive and negative outcomes.
What is Consider the consequences?
The two universal emotional needs shared by all human beings.
What are the need to love/be loved and the need to belong/feel worthwhile?
Blaming others for one's own shortcomings or undesirable traits.
What is Projection
A serious condition involving emotional instability, unstable relationships, impulsive behavior, and intense fear of abandonment.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
This primary evolutionary purpose explains why human stress responses exist and are vital for survival.
What is alerting us to danger and preparing the body to act?
The "I" step in DECIDE where personal beliefs and principles are considered.
What is Identify values?
Two of the four main factors that shape personality development.
What are Heredity/Genetics, Environment, Personal Behavior, and Culture?
Taking out feelings of anger or frustration on someone or something else instead of the actual source.
What is Displacement
A condition where a person binge eats large amounts of food and then purges through vomiting, laxatives, or excessive exercise.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
The three interconnected dimensions that make up the Health Triangle.
What are Physical, Mental/Emotional, and Social Health?
The final "E" step that occurs AFTER a decision has been executed.
What is Evaluate the results?
Hormonal shifts, active brain development, and social changes explain why this life stage is marked by emotional instability.
What is Adolescence?