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Health and WellnessSelf-Esteem & Mental Health

Mental and Emotional Health

Chapter 3: Section 3

Pages 61-67

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ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, students will have been able to do the following:

Describe characteristics of positive health.

Compare the stages of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Describe how you can learn to express emotions in positive ways.

Identify the limitations of defense mechanisms.

Describe three positive strategies for managing your emotions.

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Key Terms Mental health

The state of mental well-being in which one can cope with the demands of daily life

Self-actualization The achievement of the best that a person can be

Emotion The feeling that is produced in response to life

experiences Defense mechanism

An unconscious behavior used to avoid experiencing unpleasant emotions

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Motivation

Brainstorm different ways people express certain emotions and determine if the different ways of expressing the emotion are helpful or harmful to themselves or others.

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Mental Health

The state of mental well-being in which one can cope with the demands of daily life.

A sense of control

Ability to endure failures and frustrations

Ability to see events positively

Ability to express emotions in a healthy way

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Mentally and emotionally healthy people are more likely to reach self-actualization.

Self-actualization The achievement of the best that a person can be

Esteem stage The need to have self-respect and to achieve goals

Social stage The need for love, affection, and acceptance

Safety stage The need for shelter and protection from danger

Physical stage The need for food, water, sleep, and exercise

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Managing Emotions An emotion is the feeling that is produced in response to life experiences.

Learning to express Emotions You can learn to express your emotions more constructively regardless of

how others around you express their emotions.

Practice expressing your emotions in a positive way.

Managing Emotions Talk it out Blow off steam Be creative

Sing, or play a musical instrument; write down how you feel; talk to a friend; exercise, or play a sport; let go of what you can’t control; and draw or paint a picture.

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Emotions deserving special attention! Anger, fear, guilt, jealousy, and loneliness

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Defense Mechanisms Unconscious thought or behavior

used to avoid experiencing unpleasant emotions.

Compensation Daydreaming Denial Displacement Idealization Projection Rationalization Regression Repression Sublimation

Limitations of Defense Mechanisms Some defense mechanism can

be helpful or have a positive outcome.

Ignoring feelings can become problematic.

Finding the Right Balance Find the right balance between

managing emotions and using defense mechanisms.

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Defense mechanisms Compensation

Making up for weakness in one area by achieving in another

Daydreaming Imaging pleasant things that

take your mind off the unpleasant reality

Denial Refusing to accept reality

Displacement Shifting feelings about one

person or situation to another person or situation

Idealization Copying someone you think

highly of because you don’t feel good about who you are

Projection Seeing your own faults or

feeling in someone else Rationalization

Making excuses for or justifying behavior

Regression Reacting to emotions in a

childlike or immature fashion Repression

Blocking out painful thoughts or feelings

Sublimation Redirecting negative impulses

into positive behavior

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Closure

State whether each of the statements below is true or false. Correct the false statements.

The way that a person expresses his or her emotions is learned by their family interactions as they grow up and cannot be changed.

If you are emotionally and mentally healthy, you will not feel angry about things.

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