The Value Of Good Health & Good Decision Making
What are some Short-term consequences of not paying attention to our health or of taking risks with it?
Short-term consequences include: Stressing the heart, embarrassing yourself in public, contracting a disease, being beaten up by someone you antagonized while under the influence
What does it mean to value something?
To Value is to have respect, esteem, or appreciation for an object, relationship, or idea.
What are positive emotions - name 5
calm, comforted, happy, excited, elated, honored, hopeful, joyful, love, proud, relieved, serene, thrilled etc
What does it mean to VALIDATE?
What is the total number of bases on a baseball field?
This involves measuring the exposure to possible harm...CAN THIS HURT ME?? CAN THIS HURT MY FUTURE?
What do people do to put their health at risk?
options: Ride in a car with someone who has been drinking. Sharing prescription drugs with friends, drink alcohol at a party, hitchhike, talk to unknown people online.
what are negative emotions - Name 5
Mad, angry, unhappy, depressed, anxious, betrayed, confused, frustrated, furious, irritated, lonely, resigned, restless, stressed, afraid.
What does it mean to empathize?
Name the Disney movie which features a little girl having five distinct emotions – Sadness, Joy, Disgust, Fear, and Anger?
Answer: Inside Out
What does P.R.O.P.S stand for
Pause: Breathe deeply. Tell yourself you can figure this out. A positive attitude aids decision-making.
Reflect: on the situation. What is the decision that needs to be made?
Consider your OPTIONS: It may seem you have no choices, but in fact you do. Think about the benefits and the risks of each option and the possible results.
Prioritize: YOUR options on the basis of your values; figure out what is most important to you. Whats at stake; both short and long term.
Select: The most effective option; make your decision and then review the result.
Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana & Prescription drug abuse
What is a trigger?
A situation, a person, place, or thing that causes and emotional response. (This emotional response can be positive or negative. The reaction to the trigger can be positive or negative also)
What does it mean to understand others' views?
Who is called the King of Pop?
Answer: Michael Jackson
What does it mean to feel ambivalent?
The ability to see the benefits of different choices about a decisions.
What is culture?
The shared ideas, activities, language, and social expressions (food, music, clothing, etc) of the members of one group that distinguishes it from another. It is part of our self-image.
When we're experiencing strong emotions, especially when we add stress and anger to them, we can be tempted to control those emotions by:
using alcohol, tobacco, or other substances, we can injure our self by cutting or think about suicide.
Eye contact, non-verbal body language, active listening, passive listening (nodding head to show understanding)
Checkers were invented in which country?
Answer: Egypt
What is PREVENTION and how is it related to our actions, thoughts, and feelings?
Prevention keeps something from happening. With our health it means choosing behaviors that promote and enhance our well-being and avoiding behaviors that harm us.
What are some long-term consequences of not paying attention to our health or of taking risks with it?
Long-Term consequences include: Developing a dependence that becomes an addiction, destroying your internal organs, developing type 2 diabetes due to unhealthy weight and food choices.
deep breathing, walking away, holding ice in our hand (grounding), listen to music, talk to a friend or a trusted adult, be generous with our time and help someone in need.
Adolescence need independence, peer relationships, the opportunities to take healthy risks and make their own decisions and space to develop their own identities. What do teens need to remember about adult caregivers?
What is the name of the wizard in Hobbit?
Answer: Gandalf