Personal Development

Kids can develop a mental illness, like

depression and anxiety disorders.
This can happen to anyone at any age.
 2. Kids only get a mental
illness because they have
bad parents.
FACT
Mental illness is not caused by
doing something wrong. Also, you
can’t cause someone else to have a
mental illness. Doctors think that
mental illness is caused by a mix of
what’s going on in your body and
what’s happening around you.
3. Mental illness has nothing to do
with how smart you are. A mental
disability is a cognitive
disability which means it’s a
different journey with different
challenges. It’s still important to
treat all people with respect,
because you don’t know what life is
like in their shoes.
4. Having a mental illness
means you’re a wimp who can’t
handle life.
Your personality or ability to handle your feelings
does not cause mental illness. Mental illness isn’t
just “in your head” or something that goes away if
you try hard. The right combination of what helps
is different for each person. Once they find
something that helps them, most people with a
mental illness live healthy, full lives.
5. People with mental health
challenges have to take special
tests to get a job or go to
college.
People with mental health challenges do
not have to take special tests to get into
college, get a house, or get a job. They can
work and learn and do all the things that
people without mental health challenges
can do.
6. People diagnosed with mental illnesses
can get better. Every illness is different.
Some people feel better when they talk to
someone, like a friend or a doctor, or take
medication. Most people need help from
friends and family to talk and figure out how
to live with their illness. Not all people have
to take medicine or see a therapist for the
rest of their lives.
8. Mental illness is
more common in
some racial groups
than others.
Mental illness can happen to
anyone. It doesn’t matter what you
look like, where you live or where
you are from.
9. I can’t help someone
with a mental illness. Only
a doctor can.
You can help people who have a mental
illness. Don’t call people words like “crazy”
or “mental.” If you know people with
mental health challenges, try to get to know
them and notice their talents and skills, not
just their illness.
10. If you have a mental illness, it
will be harder to get an
apartment or house once you
grow up and you won’t be able
to live on your own.
All mental illnesses are different,
but being diagnosed with one
will not keep you from being able
to grow up, learn how to take
care of yourself, and get an
apartment or house like everyone
else.
Analysis:

1. What does mental health mean?

2. How important is mental
health in ones’ life?
3. What other kinds of support
can help a person with this kind
of mental challenges?
WHAT DOES "MENTAL HEALTH" MEAN?

Health is the way your body feels and works. Being healthy means
more than just not being sick. When your body is healthy, you feel
good. You are able to go to school, hang out with friends, and do the
things you need to do every day.

A healthy mind lets you learn, play, and understand others. Mental
health means having good ways to deal with your feelings and how to
enjoy life, even when things are hard. Having a healthy mind and body
are both very important. Everyone has good days and bad days. A bad
day doesn’t mean you have a mental illness, but you can still improve
your mental health.
Being healthy means more than just not being sick. When your body
is healthy, you feel good. You are able to go to school, hang out with
friends, and do the things you need to do every day.
Abstraction:
MENTAL HEALTH
CHALLENGES

Only a mental health professional can say if

someone has a mental illness. Everyone has good
days and bad days. Just because someone has a bad
day does not mean he or she have a mental illness.
If you think someone you know is going through a
mental health challenge, it’s important to speak up.
Talk to a trusted adult. This is the first step to
helping someone get better.
If you think you’re going through a mental health
challenge, it’s important to ask for help so you don’t
have to be scared. Remember - you can get better.
 ADHD is pretty common and can make it hard to focus
and sit still. ADHD makes it hard to finish things, and
makes thoughts jump around. Kids who have ADHD
can learn to control their thoughts and bodies by
figuring out what helps them focus, or by talking to a
doctor or mental health professional. Some kids with
ADHD do better in school if they can do their work in a
quiet room.
 NAIEXTY (PANIC DISORDER)

Have you ever been really nervous? Maybe from a

test, a speech, or a big game? When you’re nervous,
your heart starts pounding, you breathe fast, or your
stomach might feel funny. Feeling anxious and
nervous is common. But a person diagnosed with an
Anxiety Disorder will have these feelings suddenly and
often. These strong, sudden feelings of stress or fear
are called “panic attacks.” A panic attack can make
your chest or stomach hurt, your heart speed up,
make you feel afraid, dizzy, or feel like you can’t
breathe.
Changes the way the brain understands the world.
People diagnosed with autism can have a hard time
talking about their feelings, understanding people’s
actions, and being social. They can also be very
sensitive about being touched. To a person diagnosed
with autism, being hugged can be scary and
uncomfortable. Kids who have autism are just as
smart as other kids. They can be very good at things
like math or music. Just because some things are hard
for kids with autism, they are not acting mean or
weird. Their brains just work in a different way. They
still make friends and learn how to work and play
with others.
 Everybody has feelings that change. When
something good happens, you feel happy. If
something bad happens, you feel sad. Bi-polar
disorder changes the way people feel emotions. If
people have bi-polar disorder, their emotions can
go from happy to sad very quickly. They can be
very cheerful one moment, and very angry, sad
and tired the next moment.
DEREPSSION
Is a mental health challenge that
makes people feel very sad all the
time. It can change how you think,
feel, and act. It can even make your
body feel sick too. A person
diagnosed with depression can feel
so sad that it makes it hard to think
clearly.
An eating disorder exists when a person's thoughts and behaviors are
focused too much on food and body weight. The person may worry
about being "too fat." The person may have a big fear of becoming
obese.
 Anorexia refers to weight loss that occurs from not eating.
 Bulimia refers to eating large amounts of food over a short period
of time followed by an attempt to get rid of the food. This getting
rid of food is called "purging."
 Extreme overeating is marked by eating, and eating, and eating and
then having feelings of guilt and shame.
OSTP TRAUAMCIT SRTESS
SIDRODER
• Sometimes if you see or live through
something very scary, you can keep feeling
afraid even after the scary part is over. It is
normal to feel afraid sometimes, but people
with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
feel scared even if they are safe and there is
nothing to be afraid of happen again. Even
when they are safe, the feelings of fear are
very real.
Application:
The teacher will group the students into
3, for each group they will interpret the
activities. That will be related also to the
lesson. Their performance will be base
through a criteria.

Group 1: Dramatization (Give a scenario

wherein a person bullied in the school
because of being mental challenge.
Being that kind of person help her/him
to motivate.
Group 2: Song (Dedicate an inspirational
song )
Group 3: Radio Dramatization (Ways to
cope up with mental challenge people)
Group 1:Dramatization
Group 2: Song
Group 3:Radio Dramatization
Assessment:
FACT or FICTION

Direction: Choose fact if the statement is correct and fiction if it state the opposite
way.

1. A person who has one or both

6. People with mental illness
parents with mental illness is never get better.
more likely to develop mental 7. People with mental illness
illness. tend to be violent.
2. Mental illness is contagious. 8. All homeless people are
3. Mental illness tends to begin mentally ill.
during adolescence.
9. Developmental disabilities
4. Illegal drug abuse use causes are a form of mental illness.
mental illness.
10. Poor people are more
5. Mental illness can be cured
with willpower.
likely to have mental illness
than those who are not.
1. Fact
2. Fiction
3. Fact
4. Fact / Fiction
5. Fiction
6. Fiction
7. Fiction
8. Fiction
9. Fiction
10. Fiction
Assignment:
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