Chapter 2 Vocabulary Grade 8

Stigma

• an emotional and physical response to something external

• A mental health disorder characterized by persistent feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.

• An illness that affects a person’s thoughts, feelings and emotions

• Negative, unfair beliefs society has about a group of people

Anxiety

• an emotional and physical response to something external

• A mental health disorder characterized by persistent feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.

• An illness that affects a person’s thoughts, feelings and emotions

• Negative, unfair beliefs society has about a group of people

How someone deals with stress

• Coping Technique

• Stressors

• Advocacy

Things that you do to improve your physical and mental health.

• advocacy

• conflict resolution

• empathy

• self care

process of making a choice or finding a solution

• values

• decision making

• character

• tolerance

Self Esteem

• Something that causes stress

• A mental health disorder characterized by persistent feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.

• How someone feels about themselves

• The way you think and feel about how your body and looks

Anxiety Disorder

• Something that causes stress

• A mental health disorder characterized by persistent feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.

• How someone feels about themselves

• The way you think and feel about how your body and looks

Stress

• an emotional and physical response to something external

• A mental health disorder characterized by persistent feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.

• An illness that affects a person’s thoughts, feelings and emotions

• Negative, unfair beliefs society has about a group of people

the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live

• values

• decision making

• character

• communication

the distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves

• character

• tolerance

• accountability

• empathy