Mental Illnesses
Intentional taking of one's own life
What is the definition of suicide?
What happens to the heart under stress?
The heart rate and blood pressure go up.
What are three ways to improve self-esteem?
Motivate yourself, develop a positive attitude, focus on your strengths, learn from mistakes,
Adjust to new situations
What is the definition of adapt?
Phobia
What disorder is marked by intense or exaggerated fear of a specific situation or object?
Perspiration Increases
What does the skin do under stress?
You handle disappointments by bouncing back and trying again.
How does resilience help improve self esteem?
The unique combination of feelings, thoughts and behaviors that make you different from everyone else.
What is personality?
PTSD
What disorder has symptoms that include withdrawal or depression after experiencing or witnessing a distressing event?
Headaches, stomach pain, increased blood pressure, etc.
What are some ways that stress can affect your physical health?
How you feel about yourself
What is self-esteem?
The view you have of yourself
What is self-concept?
OCD
What disorder has symptoms that stem from a need to perform behaviors or rituals repeatedly?
Mood swings, irritability, loss of a desire to have fun, unable to focus
What are some ways that excess stress affects mental/emotional health?
Who you are
Personality + Self-Concept = ?
Disorder
What is a disturbance in the normal function of part of the body?
Major Depression
What is a very serious mood disorder that leads to loss of interest in life and an inability to find enjoyment?
Yelling at friends, withdrawal from social contacts
What are two ways that excess stress affects social health?
Two E's in self-estEEM (How you fEEl about yourself)
What is the trick to keeping the definitions of self-esteem and self-concept separate?
The ability to bounce back from dissappointments
What is resilience?