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You Cannot Heal A Lifetime of Pain Overnight, Be Patient With Yourself. It Takes As Long As It Takes To Rebuild Yourself.

The document discusses mental and emotional health. It defines mental and emotional health as referring to an individual's feelings, thoughts, and actions when facing stress or challenges in life. It then lists characteristics of good mental and emotional health, such as contentment, the ability to cope with adversity, participation in meaningful activities and relationships, and balance. The document also discusses factors that affect mental and emotional health, including genetics, physical health, nutrition/toxins, psychological factors, social/contextual factors, intelligence, upbringing, trauma, illness, medications, and drug abuse.

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You Cannot Heal A Lifetime of Pain Overnight, Be Patient With Yourself. It Takes As Long As It Takes To Rebuild Yourself.

The document discusses mental and emotional health. It defines mental and emotional health as referring to an individual's feelings, thoughts, and actions when facing stress or challenges in life. It then lists characteristics of good mental and emotional health, such as contentment, the ability to cope with adversity, participation in meaningful activities and relationships, and balance. The document also discusses factors that affect mental and emotional health, including genetics, physical health, nutrition/toxins, psychological factors, social/contextual factors, intelligence, upbringing, trauma, illness, medications, and drug abuse.

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EMOTIONAL

AND
MENTAL
HEALTH
“You cannot heal a lifetime of pain overnight, be patient with
yourself. It takes as long as it takes to rebuild yourself.”
Mental and Emotional Health
• Refers to feelings, thoughts and actions of an
individual specifically when a person faces
stresses and challenges in his/ her life.
Factors that Affects Mental and Emotional Health
• These can be due to traumas and serious losses
in early phases of life.

Social conditions in which a person lives are the


most important characteristic for good mental
and emotional health.

Feelings of Hatred are usually developed due to


negative thoughts and even sometimes because
of side effects of medications.
Mental and Emotional Health
CHARACTERISTICS of a person with good
mental and emotional health :

1. Posses a sense of contentment and well-


being. - An emotionally healthy person always
has a passion of living, to laugh and enjoy along
with others or the ability to enjoy life and have
fun.
Mental and Emotional Health
2. The ability to fight back even in adverse
conditions is a must.
-Should keep up the spirits high and must be
capable to deal with stresses of life.

3. With the help of positive relationships and


meaningful activities.
-An emotionally healthy person participates in
experiences of life to complete level.
Mental and Emotional Health
4. Presence of good mental health.
-Means ability to grow, change and experiences
different aspects as one faces different
circumstances in life.

5. The ability to strike balance in different aspects of


life.
-One must have the ability to work and play
simultaneously. As well as catering all your daily
physical and emotional needs of exercising rest and
sleep.
Mental and Emotional Health
6. A sense of well-roundedness and creative is a
must.
-There should be an intellectual development of
your health, spirit, body, mind, and soul.

7. Shows concerns for other.


-He or she has the ability to take care of his own
and other closed ones.
-A person must have good self-esteem and self-
confidence in order to remain physical and mentally
active.
Factors that Affect Mental and Emotional Health:

1. Genetics.
- emotions, thoughts, behaviours, and an individual’s
temperament are affected by genetics and family history.

2. Physical Health.
- aspects related to one’s physical health can directly
impact one’s mental health like sickness, diseases, and
injuries.
Factors that Affect Mental and Emotional Health:

3. Nutrition and Exposure to Toxins.


- what we put in our bodies can impact how we feel,
think, and behave.
- over consumption of alcohol, drugs, and other toxins
can adversely affect the brain and contribute to personality
changes, such as depression and anxiety.

4. Psychological Factors.
- it strongly influence of our mental health and some of
the more noticeable contributors include ways of
understanding life situations, including stressors or
traumatic events.
Factors that Affect Mental and Emotional Health:

5. Social and Contextual Factors.


- the presence and/or absence of family and peer
relationships are important to consider when
understanding mental and health concerns.
-as humans, we are social beings and inconsistent or
unstable relationships can greatly impact our mental
health and overall trust of others.
- factors such as racism, heterosexism, and religious
discrimination are some serious stressors and have the
capacity to impact not only the mental health of an
individual, but an entire community.
Other Factors that Affect Mental Health:
1. Intelligence
2. Parents and home
3. Habit training in childhood
4. Ethical and moral education
5. Personal effort to practice mental hygiene
6. Brain factor
7. Poor connection or attachment to your primary caretaker
early in life.
8. Traumas or serious losses, especially early in life.
9. Learned helplessness
10. Illness
11. Side effects of medications
12. Drug abuse
Other Factors that Affect Mental Health:
1. Intelligence
2. Parents and home
3. Habit training in childhood
4. Ethical and moral education
5. Personal effort to practice mental hygiene
6. Brain factor
7. Poor connection or attachment to your primary caretaker
early in life.
8. Traumas or serious losses, especially early in life.
9. Learned helplessness
10. Illness
11. Side effects of medications
12. Drug abuse
Complete the sentences below
1. An individual who is mentally and emotionally healthy practices
_______________________________________________.

2. An individual who is mentally and emotionally healthy shows


_______________________________________________.

3. An individual who is mentally and emotionally healthy


possesses a personality which is
________________________________________________.

4. An individual who is mentally and emotionally is characterized


by ______________________________________________.`

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