Health Class Mental Health Unit

Mental Health is an emotional, psycological, and social well being, affeects how we think feel and act

1/5 adults live with mental illness

Biological factors life experiences and family history ae 3 factors that contribute to mental health conditions

5 earlty signs for mental health condition is:

a. eating/sleeping too much or little

b. Isolating yourself from people or usual activities

c. Having low/no energy

d. Feeling numb/nothing matters

e.Unexplained aches and pains

Maintain positive mental health by

a. cope with stress, get pro help if needed,

b. connecting woth others

c.Staying positive

Stress is bodies reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response

3 main stressors'

a. external-enviromental

b. Internal-mind/thoughts/feeling

c.Physical-body

3 types of stress

a.Eustress-Good stress, positive emotion

b. Distress- Bad stress negative emotion

c. Chronic- Longer than 21 days in daily life bad stress

FFF

FLight

freeze

fight

Bodys reaction to stress

dilated pupils

Hr nd blood pressure increase

Pale/flushed skin

3 common stressors of students

a. academics

b. Extracurriculars

c. Future?

2 bad ways with stress

Stress eating

Bottling up

Ways to cope with strss

To do lists

Dont plan a ton of big things at once

Manage time well

Accept or change things that cause stress

Make time to relax

2 stress coping ways

focus changing lifestyle/behavior

Manage emotions

3 techniques to manage emotional stress

Progressive mussle relaxatiob

Guided imagery

Box breathing

School and sports causes students stress

Good question, is it healthy is it safe is it legal does it align with my parents values?

5 steps of decision making model

1 Define problem

2 Alternatives

  1. pros/cons

  2. choose

  3. reflect

average teen spends 7.5 hpurs on screen a day

3 different physical affects of screens

1 obesity

2 behavioural problems

3 impaired academic performance

2 pros of social media usage

communication

entertainment

2 cons of sicial media usage

Anxiety and depression risk

Declines in life satisfaction

Screen time tracking activity shows how much time spent on screens