Mental and Emotional Health

Lesson 1: Emotional Health

Health Class

Get Ready for Class• Pick up Emotional Health Notes• Take out Goals and Dreams Notes

• Finish the last section – questions about Pistol Pete

• We will be turning this in today

You are Learning Today…• How the brain controls emotions.• How to explain what causes emotions.• How to identify different emotions.

Reminders• Parent Teacher Conferences• If you were not here to take the test –

you must set a time to come in the morning or during lunch to make it up.

Starter

• Describe a time when you have felt the emotion listed under the heading “Starter” on your notes page.• Use the following definition list

to help understand that emotion.

• Afraid: Feeling fear and worry• Angry: Feeling mad with a person,

act, or idea• Ashamed: Feeling bad after doing

wrong• Confident: Feeling able to do

something• Confused: Felling unable to think

clear • Depressed: Feeling sad, blue,

discouraged, and unhappy• Embarrassed: Feeling worried about

what others may think• Energetic: Feeling full of energy

• Excited: Feeling happy and aroused• Glad: Feeling joy and pleasure• Jealous: Feeling upset when

someone has something that you would like to have or they get to do something you wanted• Lonely: Feeling alone and that

nobody cares• Proud: Feeling pleased for doing well• Relaxed: Feeling at ease and without

worry, calm• Stressed: Feeling tense, tired, uneasy

and overwhelmed

Emotions

• An emotion is a feeling that is produced in response to a life event. • When you feel an emotion your

brain sends out messages that causes a feeling.• These feelings can include:• Physical changes• Change in thoughts• Change in behavior

Changes with Emotions

• A physical change could be:• Heart racing• Eye dilating• Breathing increase• Crying• Face turning red

Changes with Emotions

• Some examples how thought could change could be:• Wondering what other people are

thinking or saying about you• Trying to quickly solve the

problem• Positive or negative self thoughts

Changes with Emotions

• Behavioral changes could be:• Becoming shy• Withdrawal from friends and

family• Being more loud• Having more energy• Acting out or becoming more

aggressive• Showing more affection

Assignment 1

• With a partner think how each emotion can change the person in each area:

1. What happens physically2. What thoughts to you have?3. How does your behavior

change?

1. Fear2. Love3. Embarrassed

Emotions

• It is important to correctly identify emotions.• Many time people will say they

are mad, happy, or sad because they are basic emotions. • In fact many times the emotion

is much different.

Emotions

• For example: A mother yells at her family before a big party. • She might even say she is angry

or upset.

Emotions

• But the real emotion(s) could be:• Stress there is not enough time to

get ready. • Worried there is not enough food• Anxious how people will judge her

party.

Emotions

• The mom is not really upset at her family.• She just hasn’t taken the time to

identify her emotions and what is causing them.

Triggers

• Not only do we need to understand what emotions we are feeling – we need to understand where that emotion came from.

Triggers

• How many times have you woken up in the morning in a bad mood?• What is causing that emotion to

happen?

Triggers

• Triggers are events that cause a person to feel an emotion.• When you wake up in the

morning in a bad mood – What is the trigger?

Triggers

• Did you get enough sleep?• Do you have an assignment due

that you didn’t finish?• Did you have a fight with your

friend the night before?• Did your sibling eat the last

doughnut for breakfast?

Triggers

• When we understand the emotions we are having and what the trigger is we are able to fix problems, make better decisions, and stay healthy.

• Most Teens are emotionally out of control.

• Despite the changes occurring in their lives, bodies and brains, most teens are happy and well adjusted.

Teens and Emotions

• There are a lot of changes both socially and physically that affect teen’s emotions.• Responsibilities, expectations,

and the want of personal freedoms all increase during teen years.

Teens and Emotions

• Hormones also change during adolescents (teen years). • Hormones are chemicals that

help control how the body grows and functions.

Teens and Emotions

• During adolescents, teens release larger amounts of hormones. • This extra release of hormones

into the body can cause (not all of the

time) teens to experience extreme emotions during a short amount of time.

Teens and Emotions

• Think about it – you have probably experienced or have observed one of your friends being on a complete high to swing to a devastating low.

Teens and Emotions

• Or you have seen someone “freak out” over something very small. • Could it be hormones? Yes and

no.

Teens and Emotions

• In the end we are all personally responsible for our emotions and for our actions based on those emotions. • We can’t blame punching the

wall on hormones. • It was your choice and now your

consequence.

Empathy

• Not only do we need to understand our feelings we need to understand the feelings of others around us. • Empathy means to understand

how others could feel by placing yourself in their situation.

Assignment 2 Empathy

• Read each scenario. • Then, with a partner decide how

you think you would feel if you were in that same situation. • Remember people can have

more than one emotion at the same time. • Make sure to list all the

emotions you think might apply.

Assignment 1 Empathy Continued

1. Danny slipped on ice, fell, and broke his arm.

2. Carrie got a new cell phone for her birthday.

3. Somebody makes an inappropriate joke about race, age, or gender. How might someone that overheard this joke feel?

4. Kate made her grandmother a cake. How might Kate feel? How might her grandmother feel?

5. Jennifer’s pet dog is missing. 6. Jimmy won a new IPod in a contest.

7. How might Jimmy’s friend feel about him winning the IPod and not them.

8. Tom was sleeping. He woke up because his roommates were being loud. How might Tom feel after being awoken when he needed rest?

9. Somebody cheats in a game. How might the others feel when they found out about being cheated?

10. A friend just told you that their grandfather was in the hospital and that he might not have many more hours to live. How might your friend feel?

Body Language

• Besides having empathy, we can use other tools to understand other’s emotions.• We can tell other’s emotions by

their body language.• Body language is an expression

emotions with the face, hands, and posture.

Assignment 3: Body Language Charades Instructions: • I’m going to pick four people to

come up and use their body language to try and show what type of emotion they are feeling. • With your partner you need to

try and guess the emotion and write it down on your notes page.

Expressing Emotions

• As stated early, emotions are normal. • Emotions also need to be

expressed in a healthy manor at the right time and place.

Assignment 4: Expressing Emotions

• With your partner – come up with healthy ways to express your emotions in the following situations.

1. Your parents won’t let you hang out with your friends this weekend because you have to babysit.

2. You just lost a big sports game.3. You got caught cheating on

your assignment.

Expressing Emotions

• Sometimes people do not express their emotions in health ways. • This can lead to unhealthy

situations.• Here as some unhealthy ways

people tend to express their feelings.

1. Hurting people physically or emotionally

2. Destroying property3. Non compliance (not doing

what you are asked)4. Breaking rules on purpose

Expressing Emotions

• Expressing emotions in unhealthy ways can lead to serious and dangerous consequences.

Expressing Emotions

• It is important to understand that when someone continues to express emotions in unhealthy ways that person needs help immediately.

Assignment 4: Getting Help

• With your partner list three people who could help others who are having problems dealing with their emotions. • How can that person help.

Person How can they help1. 2. 3.

Quick Check

1. Chemicals that influence emotions are called _________.

2. Situations that cause emotions are called __________.

3. Which of the following statements about emotions is false?A. A person can’t control emotionsB. Emotions are produced by the brain.C. Having a wide range of emotions is

healthy and normal.D. Most teens have healthy emotional

lives.

4. Unpleasant emotions such as sadnessA. Are always unhealthyB. Are more common in teens than in

adultsC. Can be healthy because they help you

learnD. Can never be controlled

5. Which of the following affects teen’s emotionsA. Inherited personality traitsB. HormonesC. Learning and life experiencesD. All the above

Quick Check Answers

1. Chemicals that influence emotions are called HORMONES

2. Situations that cause emotions are called TRIGGERS

3. Which of the following statements about emotions is false?A. A person can’t control emotionsB. Emotions are produced by the brain.C. Having a wide range of emotions is

healthy and normal.D. Most teens have healthy emotional

lives.

4. Unpleasant emotions such as sadnessA. Are always unhealthyB. Are more common in teens than in

adultsC. Can be healthy because they help you

learnD. Can never be controlled

5. Which of the following affects teen’s emotionsA. Inherited personality traitsB. HormonesC. Learning and life experiencesD. All the above