Mental/Emotional Health

Emotions

• How do you feel today?• Emotions are neither good or bad, it’s how

you express them that counts.

• Pause for Emotion Game

• Peer pressure- the influence you feel to go along with the behavior and beliefs of your peer group

• This can be a cause of stress.• Peer pressure can be either positive or

negative.

• Stress-your body’s response to changes around you– Eustress- good stress– Distress- negative stress

• Stressors- objects, people, places, and events that trigger stress

• Dealing with too much stress can cause fatigue (extreme tiredness).

• Abstinence- not participating in health-risk behaviors

• Some teens try to fulfill their emotional needs by engaging in risky behavior.

• Being abstinent communicates your refusal skills to participate in unsafe behaviors and allows you to practice self-control.

• Self-esteem: confidence in one’s own worth and abilities

• Self-image: the idea someone has about their abilities, appearance and personality