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M/E Health
Mental/Emotional Health Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Identity | Includes traits, behaviors, beliefs, values, and characteristics that make you who you are. |
Visible Characteristics | characteristics that are seen by others |
Invisible Characteristics | characteristics that are not readily seen by others |
Culture | set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that are shared by a group of people |
Race | a group of people who have common visible, physical traits such as skin color, hair color, facial features |
Ethnicity | Identifying with others based on shared attributes, language, and culture |
Values | Standards that guide your behavior |
Personal Identity | the beliefs, values, and characteristics we use to define ourselves |
Social Identity | Based on physical, social, and mental characteristics that are perceived by others |
Self-Esteem | How much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself |
Emotions | Signals that tell your mind and body how to react to a situation |
Emotional Awareness | the skill of understanding emotions, being able to identify an emotion, and explain why you are experiencing that emotion |
Stress | the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands |
Acute Stress | Stress that occurs quickly, in the moment |
Chronic Stress | Stress that builds slowly and lasts for a long period of time |
Distant Stress | When time has elapsed since the stressor, but you still experience stress |
Event Sequence | One stressors build upon another |
Perception | How you use your senses to experience your world |
Eustress | positive stress, or a stress response that results from a positive situation |
Distress | negative stress, or a stress response that results from a negative situation |
Stressor | any situation that causes you to experience stress |
Stress Alarm Stage | When your body is on high alert, the fight or flight stage |
Resistance Stage | When your body reacts to the stressors |
Fatigue Stage | When your body loses its ability to adapt to stressors |
Depression | A common mood disorder with specific changes in moods, thoughts and behaviors |
6 ways your Self Esteem Develops | acknowledge failures, celebrate accomplishments, affirmations, maintaining physical health, goal setting, identify character strengths |
What are the two types of self esttem | Internal and External |
What are the 4 types of stress? | Acute, Chronic, Stressful Event Sequence, Distant |
What are the 3 influences on your relationship with stress? | Perception, Experience, Personality |
What are the two categories of stress? | Eustress (good stress), Distress (bad stress) |
What are the three stages to the stress response? | Alarm, Resistance, Fatigue |
What percentage of teens may experience a depressive episode before they reach adulthood? | 15-20% |
What does the STOP acronym? | Stop what you are doing, Take a breath, Observe your thoughts, proceed with something productive |
What are three things you could say to a friend if you are concerned? | The changes you've noticed, that you care about them and how can you support them? |
What are the 5 ways you could support someone in their treatment? | Validate their feelings, check in, support their treatment, encourage them to try things they once loved, promote healthy choices |