Name:____________________ Date:_______________ Class Period:___________

Mental and Emotional Unit Notes

Directions: Use the following outline to help organize your notes as you read through the
lesson.

Stress Scale number- _______

Key Concept
Consider and Reconsider: Before. Reading the lesson write a sentence explaining why
many individuals refrain from seeking help for mental problems. After you have finished
reading use what you have learned to rewrite your sentence.

Before Reading After Reading

People refrain from seeking mental help
because They feel like that seeking help wont
help and it wont stop the stress. They also
think that people would look at them
differently because of what they been
through and what they do to themselves.

New Academic Vocabulary:

Mental/Emotional Health-the ability to accept yourself and others express and manage
emotions and deal with demands and challenges you meet in your life

Self-Esteem-How much you value,respect, and feel confident about yourself

Self Talk-the encouragement or criticism that you give yourself;which in return can effect your
self-esteem pos.or neg.

Anxiety- The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen

Stress- the feeling of physical or emotional tension

Perception-is the act of becoming aware through the sense

Psychosomatic Response- ________________________________________________________

Examples: -headache

-a weakened immune system

-high blood pressure

-bruxism clenching the jaw or grinding teeth

-digestive disorder

3 Stages of Stress Response:

1.alarm your mind and body go on high alert

2.Resistance If exposure to a stressor continue, your body may react to the

stressor

3. Fatigue If exposure to stress is prolonged your body looses the ability to

adapted