Achieving Emotional Health

emotions

• signals that tell your mind and body how to react
• mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions or situations
• ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels
• chemicals in the body that trigger emotional changes
• intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior

hormones

• signals that tell your mind and body how to react
• mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions or situations
• ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels
• chemicals in the body that trigger emotional changes
• intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior

hostility

• signals that tell your mind and body how to react
• mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions or situations
• ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels
• chemicals in the body that trigger emotional changes
• intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior

empathy

• signals that tell your mind and body how to react
• mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions or situations
• ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels
• chemicals in the body that trigger emotional changes
• intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior

defense mechanisms

• signals that tell your mind and body how to react
• mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions or situations
• ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels
• chemicals in the body that trigger emotional changes
• intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior

competence

• ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment
• reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands
• having enough skills to accomplish something
• stage of the stress response in which the body adapts
• one of the stages that a person may go through after a serious loss

trustworthiness

• being honest, loyal, and reliable
• being interested and involved in your school and community
• being considerate of others and treating their possessions with care
• being open-minded and playing by the rules
• being accountable for the choices you make

respect

• being honest, loyal, and reliable
• being interested and involved in your school and community
• being considerate of others and treating their possessions with care
• being open-minded and playing by the rules
• being accountable for the choices you make

responsibility

• being honest, loyal, and reliable
• being interested and involved in your school and community
• being considerate of others and treating their possessions with care
• being open-minded and playing by the rules
• being accountable for the choices you make

citizenship

• being honest, loyal, and reliable
• being interested and involved in your school and community
• being considerate of others and treating their possessions with care
• being open-minded and playing by the rules
• being accountable for the choices you make