Chapter 7 Lessons 1,3,4

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Chapter 7Lessons 1,3,4

• Achieving Good Mental Health
• Mental Emotional Health
• Understanding Emotions
• Self-Esteem
• Anger Management

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• Self Actualization being the best you can be

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

• Hierarchy of Needs is a ranked list of needs
  essential to growth and development (5 Levels)
• Level 1 Physical Needs (Hunger, Thirst, Sleep,
  Shelter etc.) These needs must be satisfied in
  order to move up (base of pyramid).
• Level 2 Safety Needs (Secure from danger)
  These needs include the safety of familiar
  places, friends, or family.

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Hierarchy of Needs Cont.

• Level 3 Need to belong. This includes the need
  to belong to a group such as a community, family,
  or social group.
• Level 4 Need to be recognized. This includes
  feeling appreciated and being able to do
  something well.
• Level 5 Need to reach potential. This is the
  quest for self-actualization (being the best you
  can be).

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• Personality complex set of characteristics that
  makes you unique.
• Influences on your personality
• 1) Heredity intellectual abilities,
  temperament, or emotional tendencies.
• 2) Environment everything around you (friends,
  family,
• home, school etc.)
• Modeling - observing learning from the people
  around you.
• PLEASE COMPLETE THE PERSONALITY TEST
• ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER.

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• Personal identity your sense of yourself
• as a unique individual. This includes your
  interests, likes and dislikes, talents/abilities,
  values, and goals.
• Self Esteem persons value about him or herself
  (positive or negative)

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Forming Positive Self-Esteem/Personal Identity

• Recognize strengths weaknesses
• Positive values
• Develop purpose
• Meaningful relationships
• Contribute to community
• Avoid risk behaviors
• Constructive criticism non-hostile comments
  that point out problems encourage improvement
• Self-talk listen to what you say replace
  negative messages with constructive criticism

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Emotions

• Emotions signals that tell your mind and body
  how to react
• Types Emotions
• -happy - sadness -love
• -empathy - fear - guilt
• -anger
• Responding To Emotions
• - Ask yourself what is wrong.
• - Is it worth responding. (will it matter next
  week)
• - Think about how you are going to respond.
• - Feel negative? Seek positive feelings to
  inspire yourself. (exercise)
• - Negative feelings dont go away. (seek help)

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• Defense Mechanism mental process that protects
  individuals from strong emotions
• Repression- Involuntarily pushing feelings out of
  thought.
• Suppression- consciously pushing feeling out of
  thought.
• Rationalization- make excuses instead of taking
  responsibility

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Defense Mechanisms cont.

• Regression- acting immature
• Denial- unconscious lack of acknowledgement that
  is obvious to others.
• Compensation- making up for mistakes through
  gift-giving or extreme efforts.

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Anger Management Skills

• Do something to relax
• Re-channel your energy
• Talk to someone you trust
• Get physical Activity
• What Are Some Ways You Handle Your Anger?

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• Anger Cues- bodily changes during anger
• Breathing sweating increase
• Heart Rate BP increase
• Dry mouth
• Decreased sensitivity to pain
• Increased muscle strength
• Facial cues (eyebrows, lips, red face)

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• Anger trigger- what causes the anger
• What are some of your anger triggers? Please
  complete the section on your notes that asks
  about anger triggers and anger management
  techniques.
• Displacement taking your anger
• out on something or someone else. -gt