OBTAINING OBTAINING MENTAL & MENTAL &

EMOTIONAL EMOTIONAL HEALTHHEALTH

PERSONALITYEMOTIONS

DEFENSE MECHANISMS

UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING PERSONALITYPERSONALITY

• PERSONALITY TRAITSPERSONALITY TRAITS• EXTROVERT – PERSON WHO IS

VERY OUTGOING• INTROVERT – PERSON WHO

PREFERS BEING ALONE RATHER THAN IN A CROWD

UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING PERSONALITYPERSONALITY

• PERSONALITY – A COMPLEX SET OF CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE

• MIX OF HOW YOU FEEL, THINK AND BEHAVE

• INFLUENCES:• HEREDITY• ENVIRONMENT• BEHAVIOR

EMOTIONSEMOTIONS

• UNDERSTANDING YOUR EMOTIONS IS IMPORTANT TO YOUR MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH

• EMOTIONS • SIGNALS THAT TELL YOU YOUR MIND AND

BODY HOW TO REACT• STRONG, IMMEDIATE REACTIONS YOU

FEEL IN RESPONSE TO AN EXPERIENCE

EMOTIONSEMOTIONS• HAPPINESS – pleased, carefree, satisfied• SADNESS – disappointed, rejected, loss• LOVE – strong affection, deep concern,

respect• EMPATHY – imagine what others feel• FEAR – phobia, danger, startled• GUILT – done something wrong, against

one’s values• ANGER – hurt, harmed, displeasure• GRIEF – deep sorrow, loss

DEALING WITH DEALING WITH ONE’S EMOTIONSONE’S EMOTIONS

• DEFENSE MECHANISMS• DEVELOPED TO PROTECT• HIDE UNWANTED FEELINGS• DEFEND FROM UNWANTED PAIN

DEFENSE DEFENSE MECHANISMSMECHANISMS

• REPRESSION – painful thoughts / feelings are pushed away from conscious thoughts• MOST BASIC OF ALL DEFENSE MECHANISMS

• RATIONALIZATION – act of making an excuse for a behavior

• COMPENSATION – covering up faults or weaknesses by trying to excel in other areas

• PROJECTION – seeing your own faults or feelings in other people, even when they do not have them• Makes it easier to accept one’s own faults

DEFENSE DEFENSE MECHANISMSMECHANISMS

• IDEALIZATION – allows people to see others as they want them to be • Keeps them from seeing others as they really

are

• DAYDREAMING – creation of make-believe events that seem more pleasant or exciting than the real world

• REGRESSION – acting less mature than you usually would

• DENIAL – refusal to recognize reality

DEFENSE DEFENSE MECHANISMSMECHANISMS

• SUBLIMATION – replacement of undesirable impulses with accepting behaviors

• DISPLACEMENT – shifting the feelings about one person / situation to an object / another person

• REACTION FORMATION – hiding true feelings from oneself by acting in a manner opposite to the way that you would like to act

• SUPPRESSION – holding back or restraining