Understanding Emotions: Introduction
What inspires you? What stresses you out? What do you do to relieve stress? How do you feel about yourself, your talents, your limitations? What gets you down, and how do you get back up? How do you help someone else who is struggling with personal troubles?
As you learned previously, mental and emotional health refers to how people think, feel, and react toward themselves and other people in their daily lives. A person with strong mental and emotional health can:
- Recognize and manage different types of stresses as they arise.
- Develop awareness of mental and emotional disorders (such as ADHD and eating disorders) and possibilities for their treatment.
- Recognize self-esteem and understand its process when developing and maintaining relationships with family, friends, and members of the community.
- Grieve effectively.
- Make healthy decisions.
- Express emotions and feelings in ways that are appropriate for a given context.
Now, we will explore these topics and consider how they impact your life.
