If It's Negative In Your Life, Then Make it a Positive
We make dozens if not hundreds of these a day with our mind and one of the best ways to improve our lives is to practice making good ones
Decisions
We experience these in our mind, heart, and gut and is important to learn how to manage our reaction to them
Feelings/Emotions
The essential inner drive, focus, and desire that brings about positive change and attainment of goals
Motivation
List 3 factors that would make a person more susceptible to experiencing mental health symptoms.
- Genes
- Physical Illness
- Injury
- Brain Chemistry
- Life Experiences/ Trauma History
- History of abuse
- Family history of mental health problems
Name at least 3 symptoms of Depression.
1. Loss of interest in activities you once loved
2. Inability to concentrate
3. Insomnia
4. Self-loathing ( beating yourself up)
5. Unexplained aches and pains
6. Psycho-motor impairment ( slowing of speech, generally taking longer to do everyday things)
7. Fatigue, tiredness, loss of energy
8. Constant Depressed mood
9. Anger or irritability
10. Continually restless
This describes overall the we present and express ourselves. If we have a negative one we should want to change it to grateful and positive.
Attitude
It is important to learn to manage this uncomfortable mental experience that can occur when we worry or stress over things
Anxiety
This ability to look inside yourself honestly and truthfully: Self Awareness
(Hint: How to)
Insight
Myth or Fact:
If someone in your family has a mental illness, you are more likely to develop one as well.
Myth or Fact:
If someone in your family has a mental illness, you are more likely to develop one as well.
Name at least 3 symptoms of Anxiety.
1. Fixation on the outcome of events
2. Restlessness and difficulty concentrating
3. Problems with decision making
4. Worrying about potential stress
5. Fatigue, irritability, and headaches
6. Sweating without physical exertion
7. Shortness of breath
8. Insomnia
9. Irrational fears
10. Chronic indigestion
This categorizes and includes all that is most important in your life and what you care about the most, and what has the most worth to you
Values
These changing temporary states of mind can make us feel high, low, and in between so it is important to be able to regulate these
Moods
Something just about everyone needs when overcoming a difficult challenge, because it is so difficult to do it alone
Support
Myth or Fact:
Having more that one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) puts you at higher risk for Mental Illness.
Fact.
10 ACES
1- Physical Abuse
2- Emotional Abuse
3- Sexual Abuse
4- Physical Neglect
5- Emotional Neglect
6- Familial Mental Illness
7- Mother treated violently
8- Divorce
9- Incarcerated relative
10- Substance abuse
FREE POINTS
FREE POINTS
You can have ups and downs along the way but what matters is that you keep moving forward. If that is true then you are steadily making this
Progress
It is essential to learn to eliminate this negative emotion which stems from holding onto anger and grudges
Resentment
Building insight and motivation lead to this powerful experience defined by a strong sense of positive mental stimulation to try to make things better:
Inspiration
Myth or Fact:
Having a mental health diagnosis means you have a chemical imbalance.
Myth!
Depression and Anxiety are almost always situational. Sometimes Depression is caused by a chemical imbalance.
Some Mental Health diagnoses are caused by adaptation of unhealthy coping skills. Some children learn unhealthy coping skills by watching other family members cope in unhealthy ways. "You don't know what you don't know!"
Name 3 signs that a person could be suicidal
Direct suicide threats such as “I want to die,” or indirect threats such as “You would be better off without me”/ personality changes or withdrawn behavior/ giving away prized possessions/ lack of interest in future plans/ isolation from friends/ depression
This involves all the things the people, places, and things that you surround yourself with and that you choose to be connected to
Associations
Sometimes addiction can be directly linked to deeply disturbing or distressing experiences that occurred earlier in life all of which is referred to as
Trauma/PTSD
If you find and discover this it can help you define your goals and add meaning and direction to your life
Purpose
Myth of Fact:
Having a college education and living in a safe neighborhood make you less likely to have symptoms of a mental health diagnosis.
MYTH!
Mental Health symptoms DO NOT discriminate!
True of false:
If your friend tells you that they are going to harm themselves and they make you promise to keep it a secret, you should always respect their wishes and keep it a secret.
False. If you are concerned for their safety, tell someone. Talk to someone who can help. It is better to have a friend who is alive and mad at you than to lose a friend. If you think they are serious about attempting suicide, do not be afraid to call 911.