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Mental Health
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Choices | The act of selecting or making a decision |
Assertive | Behaving with confidence and clearly stating your intentions |
Relaxation | The state of being free from tension and anxiety |
Decision Making | The process of making a choice or finding a solution |
Empathy | The ability to understand and share another person's feelings |
Healthful Behaviors | Promotes health, prevents injury and premature death and improves the quality of the environment |
S.M.A.R.T | Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely |
Heredity | Passing traits from parents to children |
Environment | The sum total of a person's surroundings. |
Passive | A tendency to give up, give in, or back down |
Aggressive | Overly forceful, pushy, hostile, or otherwise attacking in approach |
Stress | Stress occurs when the pressure on us exceed out ability to cope |
Distress | Negative Stress- extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain |
Eustress | A positive stress- that energizes a person and helps a person reach a goal |
Stressor | Anything that causes you stress |
Coping | Ways of dealing with the sense of stress and lose |
Depression | A state of constantly feeling sad |
Anxiety | The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen |