Mental & Emotional Health

Has to do with your internal life - your thoughts and feelings

• mental and emotional health

• social health

• physical health

• coping mechanism

Describes how you observe and understand information. It affects how you make decisions, solve problems, and examine situations in your daily life.

• social health

• emotional health

• mental health

• physical health

Refers to how you express yourself and your thoughts and feelings. It includes your emotions, mood, feelings about yourself, and way of viewing the world.

• Mental Health

• Social Health

• Physical Health

• Emotional Health

Characteristics of people with positive mental and emotional health

(select all correct answers)

• being responsible

• being trustworthy

• maintaining a sense of balance

• being respectful

• being negative

Thoughts and feelings that decrease mental and emotional health

• stigma

• mental health conditions

• coping mechanisms

• self-esteem

Your mental picture of yourself, abilities, and weaknesses.

• self-image

• attitude

• optimistic

• self-esteem

How you feel about yourself

• self-image

• self-esteem

• emotional intelligence

• stress relief strategies

The thoughts you have about yourself is known as...

• mental distress

• low self-esteem

• external factors

• self-talk

True or False:

Positive self-talk is encouraging and supportive and improves self-esteem.

• True

• False

True or False:

Negative self-talk, putting yourself down, can lead to low self-esteem.

• True

• False