YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH

 

Mental/Emotional Health	Your ability to deal with the stresses and changes in daily life
Behavior	Area of health you have control over
Self Concept	The view you have of yourself
Self Esteem	The confidence and pride you have in yourself
Emotions	Feelings inside us like happiness and anger
Emotional Needs	To love and be loves, to belong, and to feel worthwhile
Peer Pressure	The influence or pressure of people your age
Bullying	When a person is picked on over and over again by an individual or group with more power.
Stress	The bodies reaction to changes around you
Distress	Stress that holds you back
Fatigue	Extreme tiredness
Physical fatigue	Extreme tiredness of the body
Psychological fatigue	Extreme tiredness due to a mental state
Stress Management Tools	relax, plan ahead, talk it out, exercise, meditate
Eating Disorders	Extreme and damaging eating behaviors that can lead to sickness and even death
Suicide	Taking of ones own life
Depression	Extreme feeling of sadness, hopelessness and helplessness
Anxiety Disorder	Disorder in which intense anxiety or fear keeps a person from functioning normally
Support system	Network of people in your life available to help you when you need them.
Self-Injury	Causing deliberate, intentional, repetitive harm to oneself
Ways to help people with mental health problems	Listen, give them support but do not make judgements, get them help from a parent or guidance counselor or school nurse, if they are suicidal tell someone, do not keep it a secret