Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional Health

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Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional
Health

• Mental/emotional health is the ability to accept
  yourself and others, adapt to and manage
  emotions, and deal with the demands and
  challenges you meet in life.
• People with good metal/emotional health
  demonstrate these characteristics.

• Positive self-esteem
• Sense of belonging
• Sense of purpose
• Positive outlook
• Autonomy not controlled by others

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Discussion Question

• What are some actions that indicate each of the
  characteristics of good mental/emotional health?

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Pyramid of Needs

• Abraham Maslow
• developed a hierarchy of needs

• a ranked list of those needs essential to human
  growth and development, presented in ascending
  order, starting with basic needs and building
  toward the need for reaching your highest
  potential.

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
Full Potential
Self Esteem
Love and Belonging
Safety
Physical Needs food, water, sleep, shelter
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Discussion Question

• How does familiarity with the pyramid of needs
  help you understand yourself and others?

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Meeting Your Needs

• The ways you choose to meet your needs affect
  your mental/emotional health.

• Practicing abstinence is part of meeting your
  own needs while avoiding risk behaviors.

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Discussion Question

• How does practicing abstinence help you meet your
  own needs?

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Understanding Your Personality

• Your personality is a complex set of
  characteristics that makes you unique.

There are two primary influences on your
personality.
2. Your environment, including family members,
peers, home, neighborhood, and school also affect
your personality
1. Some personality traits are inherited from
your parents and ancestors
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Discussion Question

• What inherited traits can you identify in your
  own personality?
• From whom are they inherited?

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Promoting Mental/Emotional Health

• Engaging in behaviors that promote
  mental/emotional health will strengthen all three
  sides of your health triangle.

• Being mentally and emotionally healthy can
  promote your physical health and prevent some
  diseases.

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Discussion Question

• How do you improve you social health when you
  take good care of your mental/emotional health?