Mental/Emotional Health & Identity
This is the ability to handle the stresses and changes of everyday life in a reasonable way.
What is mental/emotional health?
This word means belief in your ability to do what you set out to do.
What is confidence?
This is the physical, mental, and emotional reaction of your body to the challenges you face.
What is stress?
This is any change in the health of your mental state, such as with your emotions, thoughts, and feelings. It is also sometimes called a mental illness.
What is a mental health disorder?
This mood disorder causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It is also called major depressive disorder.
What is depression?
Being able to relax and have fun, setting realistic goals, and showing empathy are all examples of this.
What are signs of good mental health?
Self-concept is how you view yourself overall. This is how you feel about yourself.
What is self-esteem?
This is positive stress that creates excitement, can be motivating, and helps you learn and improve.
What is eustress?
This is the disapproval of, or discrimination against, a person because of characteristics that set them apart. It is one reason people may hide a mental illness.
What is stigma?
This everyday human emotion is a natural reaction to upsetting situations, and it fades with time.
What is sadness?
Maya plays on the volleyball team and volunteers at an animal shelter. These activities fall under this aspect of her identity, which is about activities and interests.
What is the active aspect of identity?
After failing a quiz, Jordan asks the teacher for help, studies, and retakes it. This word describes Jordan’s ability to recover from a problem.
What is resilience?
Taking a test or giving a presentation is this type of stressor, which lasts less than a day.
What is an acute (short-term) stressor?
A person has repeated unwanted thoughts and feels the urge to check the locks over and over again. This anxiety disorder fits that description.
What is OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)?
Jamal has lost interest in things he once enjoyed, feels irritable, and has had trouble sleeping for weeks. These are examples of this.
What are signs of depression?
A student says, “Identity is just how you look.” This is wrong because identity also includes the physical, active, and social aspects, plus this fourth one made up of your internal thoughts and feelings.
What is the psychological aspect?
Compare these: participation in team sports tends to produce this effect on adolescent self-esteem, while constant pressure to look perfect on social media has the opposite effect.
What is higher self-esteem?
A student has a quiz tomorrow and has also worried for months about a sick family member. The months-long worry is this type of stressor.
What is a chronic (long-term) stressor?
OCD, PTSD, panic disorder, and phobias all belong to this main category of mental health disorders.
What are anxiety disorders?
Thumbs up or down: “It is dangerous to ask someone if they are thinking about suicide because it might put the idea in their head.” The lesson says this about that claim.
What is a myth?
You are designing a one-week self-care challenge. Journaling or talking to a friend about how you feel would help students practice this sign of good mental health.
What is being aware of your feelings and expressing them in a healthy way?
You are writing a “Building Resilience” guide with five tips: focus on your strengths, connect with others, motivate yourself, remember no one is perfect, and keep this kind of attitude.
What is a positive attitude?
You are making a calm-down kit with a journal, a list of people you trust, and steps for slow, deep breathing. These match “Express Your Feelings” and this other Stress Management 101 strategy.
What is using relaxation techniques?
You are making a poster to fight stigma. Include this encouraging fact: mental health disorders CAN be this, and it is never too late to get help.
What is treated?
You are making a help card for classmates. It should list this 24-hour line, which you can call or text by dialing just three digits.
What is 988 (the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)?