Understanding Mental and Emotional Health

Ability to bounce back from traumatic or stressful events:

• emotional intelligence (EI)

• optimism

• resilience

• self-care

Moods or feelings you experience:

• beliefs

• emotions

• self-image

• stress

Skill of knowing which emotions you feel and why:

• emotional awareness

• emotional intelligence (EI)

• empathy

• self-esteem

Emotion that means being thankful or grateful:

• empathy

• gratitude

• optimism

• stress

Who you are, which includes your physical traits, social connections, and internal thoughts and feelings:

• identity

• mental health conditions

• self-care

• self-image

Physical, mental, and emotional reactions of your body to the challenges you face:

• eustress

• fight-or-flight response

• stress

• stressor

Patterns of thoughts and feelings that decrease mental and emotional health:

• beliefs

• mental health conditions

• self-esteem

• self-image

Any factor that causes stress:

• emotional intelligence (EI)

• emotions

• self-care

• stressor

Ideas or thoughts a person knows to be true, based on real experiences, scientific facts, or what a person has learned from others:

• beliefs

• emotions

• self-image

• stress

Set ways a person thinks or feels about someone or something:

• attitudes

• beliefs

• emotions

• stressor