Mental, Emotional, Social Health Concerns

Objectives:
At the end of the lesson the students should able
to:
• Describe some mental, emotional and social, health
concerns.
• Discuss the effects of mental, emotional, and social health
concerns on one’s health and well-being
Mental, Emotional, and Social health are important at every
stage in your life. It influences your overall being from
childhood, adolescence, to adulthood . The way you feel about
yourself, the quality of your relationships , and your ability to
manage your feelings reflect. If you are mentally, emotionally,
and socially healthy. Even the way you deal with the difficulties
reflects this. Let us go and discuss some of the mental, emotional
, and social health concerns that also affect children your age.
Social anxiety also called social
phobia, is not shyness. It is a
condition where excessive self-
conciousness goes beyond
common shyness. People with
social anxiety are so terrified about
what others will do or say about
them.
Mood Swings
It is a natural to experience different
moods in one day because of
different experiences from morning
until night. However, if mood
changes already harm relationships
and seriously interfere with daily
activities, one may need to be
checked by a professional
Teasing is a subtle type of
bullying . It affects a person’s self
confidence he or she feels
humiliated by the hurtful things
that other people say or do,
especially in front of other
people.
Bullying
Is an unwanted aggressive behaviour
that is repeated or has the tendency
to be repeated overtime. One
example is cyber bullying or bullying
takes place using electronic
technology.
Harrassment
Psychological harassment or abuse
harms children’s development into
healthy adults. Example of this is
when others call you names yells,
threatens, swears at you and ignores
or excludes you from meaningful
events and activities.
Other stressful situations
include Neglect because it
robs a person of basic needs
like, love, food shelter,
proper education and
healthcare.
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