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hierarchy of needs Maslow's ranked list of those needs essential to human growth and development, presented in ascending order, starting with basic needs and building toward the need for reaching you... r highest potential emotions signals that tell your mind and body how to react empathy the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels defense mechanisms mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations stress the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands stressor anything that causes stress stress management ways to deal with or overcome the negative effects of stress anxiety The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen depression a mood disorder of prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness mental disorder an illness of the mind that can affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of a person, preventing him or her from leading a happy, healthful, and productive life mood disorder an illness, often with an organic cause, that involves mood extremes that interfere with everyday living suicide the act of intentionally taking one's own life coping dealing successfully with difficult changes in your life grief the sorrow caused by the loss of a loved one good signs of mental health 1. realistic about strengths and weaknesses 2. responsible for personal behavior 3. expresses emotions appropriately 4. avoids high-risk behaviors 5. invests time and energy in good activities roadblocks to good mental health 1. all-or-nothing thinking 2. expecting the worst of yourself/others 3. perfectionist 4. letting your actions betray your values common defense mechanisms compensation, daydreaming, denial, displacement, rationalization, regression, repression, somatization compensation make up for weakness by doing hard work denial refusal to believe something displacement taking an emotion out on the wrong person rationalization making excuses rather than taking responsibility repression pushing memories to the back of the mind physical needs base of Maslow's pyramid: these are the most important needs: hunger, sleep, thirst, safety and security emotional needs need to belong, be loved, and achieve need for esteem need for respect for self and others [Show More]

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