Mental Health
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Stress | The response of the body to the demands of daily life |
| Stressors | Event, person, or task which triggers stress |
| Distress | Unsuccessful coping or harmful response to stress |
| Eustress | Successful coping or healthful response to stress |
| General Adaptation Syndrome | The body's reponse to stress |
| Alarm | First stage of GAS; stressor signals the brain and all the physical changes occur (pupils dilate, heart rate increases, blood pressure increases, digestion slows, saliva decreases, ect.); psychological signs also appear during this stage (anger, depression, guilt, rejection, apathy, ect.) |
| Resistance | Second stage of GAS; body begins to return to normal; demands great deal of energy; stress symptoms diminish and disappear |
| Exhaustion | Extra stage of GAS when the stress does not diminish or disappear; body tires of resisting stress and runs out of energy |
| Stress Management Skills | Techniques used to cope with stressors and decrease harmful effects of stress |
| Fight or Flight | Response that occurs during alarm stage in which stressor signals the brain and physical and psychological symptoms appear |
| Defense Mechanism | Behavior used to cope with emotions and solve uncomfortable situations; used daily to deal with pressures |
| Compensation | DM: A person tries to make up for his or her weakness by developing strengths in other areas |
| Daydreaming | DM: A person escapes unpleasant, boring, or frustrating situations by imagining that he/she is doing something else |
| Denial | DM: Person protects feelings by refusing to recognize problems or facts; they avoid being hurt because they avoid the truth |
| Displacement | DM: A person transfers the emotions he or she feels from the original situation or object to another situation or object |
| Idealization | DM: Person places overexaggerated value on someone or something |
| Projection | DM: A person shifts the blame and/or responsibility for his/her actions onto another person |
| Put-downs | DM: Statements that snub or belittle others |
| Rationalization | DM: A person gives an acceptable reason for behavior in a certain way rather than the true reason |
| Regression | DM: A person begins to act in a way that he/she would have acted as a child |
| Sublimation | DM: A person takes unacceptable impulses and channels these into a socially acceptable goals |
| Empowered | To be inspired because a person feels some sense of control over behavior and decisions |
| Inactive | Decision-making style where a person fails to make choices, and this failure determines what will happen |
| Reactive | Decision-making style where a person allows others to make decisions |
| Proactive | Decision-making style where a person examines the decision to make, identifies and evaluates action to take, selects an action, and takes responsibility for the consequences |
| Responsible decision-making model | Series of steps to assure that decisions lead to actions that promote health, protect safety, follow laws, ect. |
| Peer pressure | Influence that people of similar age or status place on others to encourage them to make certain decisions or to behave in certain ways |
| Resistance skills | Skills used when a person wants to say no to an action or to leave a situation |
| Morals | Standards and principles upon which we base our life choices and actions |
| Conscience | Sense of right and wrong in one's conduct or motives, with the compulsion to do right |
| Reputation | Opinion of others about you |
| Character | Moral strength; how you stick to your morals or how easily you are swayed |
| Phobia | Irrational fear of something |
| Passive | Response style where a person allows others to make all the decisions and works very hard to please others |
| Aggressive | Response style where a person is loud, abusive, and sarcastic |
| Passive-Aggressive | Response style where a person will not overly dominate or abuse others, but they seek control or revenge "behind the scenes" |
| Assertive | Response style where a person acts in his/her best interests without hurting others verbally or physically; person expresses feelings and excercises personal rights |
| Anorexia Nervosa | Eating disorder characterized by self starvation and excess weight loss |
| Bulimia Nervosa | Eating disorder characterized by a cycle of binge eating and purging |
| Self Injury | Attempt to alter one's mood by inflicting physical harm serious enough to cause tissue damage to one's own body |
| Clout | Having a certain influence or power; deserving respect because of your status |
| Clique | A small group of people that keep others from being a part of their group |
| Prejudice | Unfriendly feelings directed against an individual, a group or race of people |
| Stereotype | An idea that many people have about a thing or group that may often be untrue or partly untrue |
| Ignorance | Having limited or no knowledge or understanding of something; uninformed |
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