Recognizing Mental Illness
This happens when a mental health problem does not go away and becomes strong enough to stop you from doing your daily activities.
What is a mental illness?
Feeling like you can't enjoy fun activities is a sign you need help, but going for a run after a hard day is not—it is actually this.
What is a healthy coping skill?
People with this outlook dislike their bodies and believe that their body shape changes how important or valuable they are.
What is a negative body image?
Feeling very sad or having a past struggle comes from inside a person, but this risk factor involves things you see on TV or the internet.
What is the media?
Brain injuries, family history, and life experiences can all contribute to mental illness, but this positive habit does not.
What are healthy patterns of thinking?
It is a fact that mental illnesses are real and affect your health just as much as these do (like a broken bone or the flu).
What are physical illnesses?
This term describes irregular or unhealthy eating habits, but it is not necessarily a diagnosed medical disease yet.
What is disordered eating?
Examples of environmental risks include neglect or sad things in the community, but having this at home is actually a positive thing that protects you.
What are healthy family relationships?
People with this condition, often shortened to GAD, feel very worried or anxious about parts of their lives they cannot control.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
This is a type of meeting where people who share the same experience come together to help each other, often with a leader.
What is a support group?
Feeling guilty about food or calling food "bad" are unhealthy habits, but listening to your body and doing this is perfectly healthy.
What is eating when hungry and stopping when full?
If you are worried about a friend, you should never keep their secret; instead, you should notice the warning signs and do this.
What is ask for help (or tell a trusted adult)?
This disorder causes a person's mood to swing back and forth between deep sadness (depression) and very high energy (manic moods).
What is Bipolar disorder?
This type of treatment involves checking into a hospital or clinic and staying there for a while to get better.
What is inpatient treatment?
This is the idea that we should celebrate all different body shapes and sizes as being attractive and beautiful.
What is body positivity?
Pulling away from friends or feeling very angry are warning signs, but talking about this positive feeling regarding tomorrow is not.
What is expressing hope for the future?
A person with this condition repeats actions over and over again to help make unwanted thoughts or feelings go away.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (or OCD)?
You should always call for help if a friend is in danger, but you should not try to do this if they aren't ready.
What is force them to get help?
If you look at photos online or in magazines and remind yourself that they might be edited or fake, you are using a strategy to do this.
What is improve your body image?
This is the specific word used to describe a person who is grieving because they have lost a loved one to suicide.
What is a survivor?