Mental and Emotional Health

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Mental and Emotional

Health

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Mental Health

The feeling you have about yourself and your abilities to deal with problems

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Emotions

Normal

Everyone has them

Express them in a positive way (not negative)

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Emotions Examples

Love – strong affection or caring for someone.

Happiness – feeling of joy and well being or contentment.

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Optimism – feeling that life experiences will be positive.

Humor – a way of expressing some negative emotions in a more positive way.

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Fear – feeling of danger

Managing your fears –

Self talk – saying things to yourself to view the fear more realistically.

Environmental planning – rearranging the environment to reduce your fear.

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Anger – strong feeling or irritation.

Managing anger –

Channel emotions appropriately, so that they are positive

Recognize your feelings and the source of the anger

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Guilt – feeling that you have done something wrong or are responsible for something bad happening.

Jealousy – feeling of wanting something that someone else has or of losing something you have

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Loneliness – feeling of isolation or alienation

Shyness- being timid or bashful

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Depression – feeling of sadness loneliness and despair.

Family History

Major life stressors

Physical illness

Substance abuse

Gender

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Managing depression

Try to identify your source of depression

Put things into perspective

Focus on the positive things

Talk to someone you trust

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Self ideal - your mental image of what you would like to be

Self concept – the current mental image you have of yourself.

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Defense Mechanisms