Mental Health

“Emotions are neither positive nor negative, but the ways they are expressed can be either.”

Stress

The body’s and mind’s reaction to every day demands or threats

Distress

Negative stress

Eustress

Positive stress

Stressor

Any stimulus that produces a stress response

5 Categories of Stressors

• Environmental

• Biological

• Life situations

• Personal behavior

• Cognitive/Thinking

3 Stages of the Stress Response

1) Alarm

2) Resistance

3) Fatigue

5 Stages of Grief

1) Denial

2) Anger

3) Bargaining (Person may promise to change if what was loss can return)

4) Depression

5) Acceptance

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Lower needs must be satisfied before achieving higher needs