General Mental Health
What is "mental health"?
Mental health is about our emotional, social, and psychological well-being.
What is body image?
How you feel about your body.
What you think about your body.
Your assumptions about what other people think/feel about your body.
What is gratitude?
The act of appreciating something in your life.
The act of giving thanks to something in your life.
Too much stress is dangerous for the body.
What are 2 good ways to de-stress?
Exercise (15-30 minutes a day or when stressed; take a walk; stretch; dance).
Do a hobby.
Talk to someone. Vent.
Have me-time. (ex. listen to music, read, have a massage, etc.).
Some people have more difficulties with anger. They can have a hard time controlling their anger, and feel angry quickly.
Who is a person that can help someone learn how to recognize and manage their anger?
A counselor or psychologist.
What is POSITIVE mental health?
What is NEGATIVE mental health?
*Positive Mental Health means that we are able to feel, express, and manage our positive and negative emotions in a good way.
*Negative Mental Health means that we are not able to feel, express, and manage our positive and negative emotions OR when we do feel, express, or manage our emotions we do it in a way that is hurtful to us or others.
What is self-esteem?
How you feel about yourself.
What you think about yourself.
How confident you are about yourself, and how much you value yourself.
What are 2 ways you can express gratitude?
Write a letter to someone saying why you are grateful for them.
Make a list of things/people you are grateful for.
Every evening, write down 3 good things that happened that day.
Say "Thank You"
Do a random act of kindness.
Take time to appreciate nature or a moment.
Do Mindful Gratitude.
How can stress help you with your school work?
A little bit of stress can make your brain work better; it can help you focus more and remember better.
What are 2 ways you can manage anger?
Talking to someone about what makes you angry. Then looking at the situation more positively.
Walk away and calm down. Or, if you are calm, you can address the problem.
Writing down your thoughts and feelings. Then looking at the situation more positively.
Burn-off angry energy by exercising.
Hit a pillow. Scream into a pillow.
Crumple a paper.
List 3 factors that affect or are affected by mental health.
(Hint: Think of the cycle at the end of each lesson.)
-Emotions, Thoughts, Behaviors
-Life Goals & Success
-Physical Health
-Family, Friends, & Social Skills
-Brain Development & Support
What are 3 good ways to build body image and/or self-esteem?
Give your body at least one compliment every day.
Standing in the mirror and saying good things about your body.
If you are always feelings negative about your body, you can go to the counselor.
Say good thinks about yourself (ex. your body, your skills, your personality, your style, etc.)
Be assertive. Stand-up for yourself in a kind manner and say "no" where appropriate.
Have positive relationships where people are kind to you and support you.
- Giving money to charity can make people feel happier.
- It is a good idea to push our family and friends to donate money to charity; it will make them feel happier.
- We feel happier when we give someone cash money as a present, than when we have carefully thought about a present to give them.
- Giving money to charity can make people feel happier.
When something stressful happens (that 'scares' us), what response is activated?
The Fight-or-Flight(-or Freeze) response.
What are at least 3 ways you can manage emotions in a healthy way?
When you have an emotion, it is good to talk to someone about it. You want to let that emotion out, don’t keep it in where it can build up. That person can also help you with the emotion.
You can do a written journal where you write down about your thoughts and emotions, or an audio journal where you do a voice recording as you talk to yourself. This also helps get emotions out and to process emotions.
Exercise can help “burn off emotions”. Yoga can help you relax. Dance or cardio can help you be happy and feel tired in a good way. Boxing can help with anger.
Find a way to calm-down in the moment when you have a negative emotion.
Don’t let problems build up. If you have a problem with someone, find a way to talk about it or solve it.
Find a hobby to do which can relax you and let any negative emotions out.
What are at least 2 reasons for why some people have a hard time accepting help from others?
1. Some people think they should accomplish things on their own, and think accepting help from others is a weakness.
2. Some people think their problem isn’t big enough yet to need help. The problem with this is that they often wait until the problem is too big, before getting help.
3. Some people think that if they ask someone else for help, they are bothering them. Or, they think that someone else has their own problems, so they shouldn’t ask them for help.
4. Some people (especially people with low self-esteem or people who are very sad) think that they don’t deserve help. They think that they aren’t worthy of someone spending time to help them and/or that they don’t deserve to feel better.
What are at least 2 dangers of having low self-esteem?
Worse grades & don't feel confident to reach your goals.
Higher change of difficulties with depression or anxiety.
More difficulties with social relationships.
May not treat yourself kindly.
Which statement is FALSE:
- If someone gives me a gift or does something nice for me, it is good for me to show my appreciation by thanking the person. Doing this will help the giver feel even more happy.
- Seeing the impact of our actions (i.e. being able to see the effect that our good deed has on someone else) does NOT make us feel more happy.
- Giving to others makes us happy IF we have “connection”. This means, we are more likely to feel happy when we give to people or a cause who we feel connected to, who mean something to us.
- Seeing the impact of our actions (i.e. being able to see the effect that our good deed has on someone else) does NOT make us feel more happy.
How can your mental health affect your physical health?
A mental difficulty (ex.depression) makes it hard to take care of ourselves.
Feeling bad can make us less active, this worsens health, which feels bad.
Bad feelings can decrease friendships.
Negative thoughts/feelings can make it more difficult for us to eat healthy.
What are at least 3 healthy ways to cope with grief?
Talk to friends/family.
Talk to a counselor/psychologist.
Do hobbies.
Spend time with friends.
Keep-up your physical health.
Cry if you need to.
Write in a journal.
Reframe negative thoughts.
What are at least 3 different strategies people might use to communicate with their family?
1. Talk directly
2. Message
3. Feelings Box or Question Box
4. Write Letters
5. Do an Activity Together
What are at least 3 benefits of having high self-esteem?
Better Grades
Less Stress
More Happy
More & Better Social Relationships
More Confident
More likely to try to reach your goals
How does gratitude make people feel happier?
One way that gratitude boosts happiness is through the social effect. Gratitude has a social benefit. When you feel grateful for someone, you are more likely to have a close and supportive relationship with that person; and when you feel like someone appreciates you, then you feel happier and closer towards them. Social relationships are very important for people; being close to others, socializing, and having good relationships helps us be happy.
Another way that gratitude boosts happiness is by helping us having a positive mindset. When we take time to appreciate something, we are thinking good thoughts and focusing on the positive in our life. Thinking positively is an important part of feeling like our life is good, and helping us feel happy.
A third way that gratitude can help boost happiness is through generosity. When we feel grateful for someone, we are more prone to show that person we appreciate them by being generous and doing a kind act for that person. Being generous and giving to others helps us be happy.
1. How much sleep are you supposed to get?
2. How much water are you supposed to drink?
3. What benefits does exercise have?
1. 8-10 hours
2. 6-8 cups, and more if you exercise
3. Helps you be physically health. Helps you feel happier. Helps you better cope with stress and negative emotions. Any movement can be considered as exercise. It can help improve your memory. It helps your brain function better.
1. What does the "Stages of Grief" mean?
2. List at least 1 stage of grief.
1. There are 5 common stages of grief. Many people go through these stages as they are grieving. Everyone spends a different amount of time at each stage. And everyone has different experiences at each stage.
2. Denial | Anger | Bargaining | Depression | Acceptance