Definitions/Facts
This affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior and/or mood. This impacts day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.
Mental Health
What are the two kinds of self esteem?
Positive self-esteem (building someone up)
Negative self-esteem (tearing someone down)
This is a simple technique that is excellent for managing emotions. Not only is it effective, but is also discreet and easy to use at any time and any place.
Various types of breathing exercises.
What do you call a network of people who can provide you with practical or emotional help?
Support system. A good support system will help one improve their overall health and have been shown to reduce stress.
This female American singer and songwriter is married to a famous American rapper. She has struggled with depression.
Beyoncé
What is "good" stress?
Stress that is motivating and is a natural reaction your body has to certain events. It can sometimes give us an "extra push" in a positive direction.
What do you think harms people's self-esteem the most?
A) Social media
B) Yourself
C) People you look up to.
"C) People you look up to."
It is said that being hurt and belittled by the people who are most important in your life and who you look up to the most, harms your self-esteem the most.
Focusing on good things from your day, or things that you are thankful for, is a coping strategy known as ...
Gratitude or thankfulness
Name three different people who can make up a person's support system.
Parent(s), friend(s), teacher(s), coach, counselor(s), therapist, mentor, other family members etc.
This Grammy-winning rapper spoke out about his mental health in 2021. He told the hosts in his interview that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Kanye West
What is a feeling of worry, nervousness or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome?
Anxiety
How does social media bring down peoples' self- esteem?
Social media often pressures people into looking and being a certain way which brings down a lot of peoples' self-confidence; it can cause people to make unfair comparisons.
Focusing one's mind and breathing to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.
Meditation
What is the number of the nationwide suicide hotline?
988
The seven-time Olympic medalist is a gymnast who was diagnosed with ADHD as a child. After her medical records were leaked to the public, she said that ADHD is "nothing to be ashamed of and nothing that I'm afraid to let people know." She has also appeared on "Dancing with the Stars".
Simone Biles
What disorder has the symptom of a persistently sad mood?
Depression
Give two signs someone may be suffering from low self-esteem?
Depressed mood
Increased insecurity
Extreme shyness
Lack of confidence.
Give two healthy (positive) coping skills and two unhealthy (negative) coping skills.
Healthy- exercise, listening to music, speaking with trusted friends/family, therapy, creating art, journaling, going for a walk, taking a break, getting enough sleep, reading a good book etc.
Unhealthy- sleeping too much or too little, drinking energy drinks to "make up" for sleep loss, drug or alcohol use, procrastination, social withdrawal, self-harm, aggression etc.
Name three things you can do to help a friend who thinks they may have a mental health problem.
Listen to them, spend time with them, encourage them to seek help, help them make appointments/go with them. If it is serious (risk of harm to self or others) seek emergency help.
This Olympic swimmer was diagnosed with ADHD at age 9 which made it hard for him to concentrate in school.
Michael Phelps
What are irrational ways of thinking that aren’t helpful. They include catastrophizing, personalizing, over-generalizing, and mind reading
Cognitive Distortions / Irrational Thoughts
What are 3 mental illnesses that can develop due to low self-esteem?
Depression, anxiety, high stress levels, eating disorders, self-harm, and paranoia.
What are three steps you can do to control your emotions?
1) Identify the emotion/feeling
2) Accept the emotion/feeling
3) Reframe your thoughts
What is the difference between the "Warm Line" and the "Crisis Line" listed on the board (apart from the numbers being different).
The warm line is to talk about anything that is getting you "heated up".
The crisis line is for an immediate crisis and can send out a two-person team to support you in the crisis.
This American actress first spoke of her experience with mental health struggles while pregnant when she did a March 2021 interview with Oprah. She told the former talk show host that her experience with suicidal ideation was a "frightening constant thought" that she "didn't want to be alive anymore". She also has royal connections.
Meghan Markle