Mental and Emotional Health Checkup and Review

Feelings of sadness can either go away after a while or persist for a longer time. Which of the following best describes how sadness can behave?

• Sadness can go away after a while or persist for a longer time.

• Sadness always goes away immediately.

• Sadness never goes away.

• Sadness always persists forever.

Maintaining healthy relationships with friends involves regular communication, resolving conflicts, and seeking or offering support when needed. Which of the following best describes a healthy friendship?

• Open communication, mutual support, and resolving conflicts respectfully

• Avoiding friends during difficult times

• Never experiencing any conflicts

• Relying solely on yourself and never seeking support

Coping with negative feelings and thoughts can involve different strategies. Which of the following is an example of a healthy way to cope with sadness?

• Going for a walk

• Ignoring your feelings

• Bottling up emotions

• Blaming others

Mental and emotional health differ in their focus and impact on well-being.

• Mental health relates to thinking and processing information, while emotional health involves managing feelings and emotions.

• Mental health is only about physical fitness, while emotional health is about diet.

• Mental health and emotional health are exactly the same.

• Mental health is about social skills, while emotional health is about intelligence.

Choose the cognitive distortion that involves seeing situations in only black or white terms, with no middle ground.

• All-or-nothing thinking

• Overgeneralization

• Catastrophizing

• Personalization

Identity is something you can embrace by:

• Understanding and accepting who you are

• Ignoring your background and experiences

• Trying to be like everyone else

• Rejecting your unique qualities

What is identity?

• Identity is the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks, and/or expressions that make a person or group.

• Identity is a type of government system.

• Identity is a mathematical equation.

• Identity is a form of physical exercise.

Which of the following is a specific behavior of a person with healthy self-esteem?

• Accepting compliments graciously

• Constantly seeking approval from others

• Avoiding social situations due to fear of judgment

• Putting oneself down frequently

One example of how personal perceptions affect self-esteem is:

• Believing you are capable can increase your self-esteem.

• Ignoring your feelings has no effect on self-esteem.

• Self-esteem is only affected by others' opinions, not your own perceptions.

• Personal perceptions do not influence self-esteem at all.

Which of the following is an example of replacing unrealistic, perfectionistic expectations with realistic ones?

• Setting achievable goals instead of expecting perfection

• Expecting to never make mistakes

• Believing you must always be the best at everything

• Thinking you should never need help