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1. PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Quarter 3 (2nd Semester) – MODULE 4
Coping with Stress in Middle and Late
Adolescence

2. OBJECTIVES:
1. define mental health and psychological well-being
2. identify ways to cope with stress during
adolescence.
3. determine causes and effects of stress in one’s life
4. share and show personal ways to cope with stress
and maintain mental health

3. WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH?
• Video clip

4. MENTAL HEALTH
• includes our emotional, psychological, and social
well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It
also helps determine how we handle stress, relate
to others, and make choices.
• is a positive concept related to the social and
emotional wellbeing of individuals and
communities.

5. MENTAL HEALTH
• influenced by culture, but it generally relates to:
Enjoyment of life
Having the ability to cope with and ‘bounce back’ from
stress and sadness
Being able to set and fulfill goals
Having the capability to build and maintain relationships
with others

6. ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION (WHO)
• Mental health “a state of wellbeing in which
the individual realizes his or her own abilities,
can cope with the normal stresses of life, can
work productively and fruitfully, and is able to
make a contribution to his or her community”

7. PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING (PWB)
• is quite similar to other terms that refer to positive
mental states, such as happiness or satisfaction, and in
many ways it is not necessary, or helpful to worry about
fine distinctions between such terms. If I say that I’m
happy, or very satisfied with my life you can be pretty
sure that my psychological wellbeing is quite high!

8. INFLUENCES ON MENTAL HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING
•Structural factors such as safe living
environments, employment, education,
freedom from discrimination and violence,
and access to economic resources.

9. INFLUENCES ON MENTAL HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING
•Community factors such as a positive
sense of belonging, community
connectedness, and activities to highlight
and embrace diversity, social support,
and participation in society.

10. INFLUENCES ON MENTAL HEALTH AND
WELL-BEING
•Community factors such as a positive
sense of belonging, community
connectedness, and activities to highlight
and embrace diversity, social support,
and participation in society.

11. DOES MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS?
•Disappointed in life?
•Feeling stressed out?
•Not having any fun?
•Feeling worn out?

12. IF YOUR ANSWER IS YES, YOU ARE NOT
ALONE.
• Your mental health can affect many areas of
your life; work, school, or home life,
relationships with others, sleep, appetite,
energy levels, ability to think clearly or make
decisions, physical health, life satisfaction and
more...

13. •Mental health is just as important to our
lives as our physical health. Mental
health is not the same thing as the
absence of a mental illness. Mental health
includes emotional, psychological and
social well-being.

14. IT CAN INFLUENCE
• How you feel about yourself, the world and your life
• Your ability to solve problems and overcome
challenges
• Your ability to build relationships with others and
contribute to your communities
• Your ability to achieve your goals

15. • Many people take care of their physical health
before they feel sick. They may eat well,
exercise and try to get enough sleep to help
maintain wellness. You can take the same
approach to mental health. Just as you may
work to keep your body healthy, you can also
work to keep your mind healthy.

16. WHY SHOULD MENTAL HEALTH MATTER TO
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?
• When your mental health suffers, it can become hard to
enjoy life. You may start to feel run down, both mentally
and physically. Many of these changes can make it
harder to enjoy a balanced and rewarding life. Everyone
can benefit from learning how to enhance and protect
their mental health—whether or not they’ve
experienced mental illness or a substance use problem.

17. •Mental health is determined
by our overall patterns of
Thoughts, Emotions,
Behaviours and Body
reactions.

18. THOUGHTS
• The way you think about something has a big impact on your mental
health.
• Changes in your thoughts often go along with changes in your mental
health.
• When you feel well, it's easier to see life in a more balanced and
constructive way.
• When you aren't well, it's easy to get stuck on negative things and
ignore positive things.

19. EXAMPLES OF HELPFUL THOUGHTS:
•I know I can cope and get through these rough
times
•There are things in my life that I feel excited
about!
•I know my friends really care about me

20. EMOTIONS
• A big part of emotions is the way you feel.
• Emotions can be pleasant, unpleasant or blended,
such as when you have two emotions at the same
time.
• Changes in emotions often accompany changes in
mental health.

21. EXAMPLES OF EMOTIONS/FEELINGS:
•Happiness or joy
•Contentment
•Calmness

22. BEHAVIORS
• Behaviours are the ways you act and respond
to your environment.
• Some behaviours are helpful, and some can be
harmful.
• Changes in behaviour often go along with
changes in mental health.

23. EXAMPLES OF HELPFUL BEHAVIORS
• Working on a solution to a problem one step at
a time
• Reaching out to a friend or family member for
support and understanding
• Practicing your spiritual activities

24. BODY REACTIONS
• Body reactions are changes in your body
functions such as heart rate, breathing,
digestion, brain chemicals, hormones and
more. Changes in your body reactions often go
along with changes in your mental health

25. EXAMPLES OF BODY REACTION
•Muscle tension, muscle aches or
headaches
•Dry mouth
•Upset stomach or nausea

26. SHARING:
•ACTIVITY 1: EXPRESS YOURSELF
•ACTIVITY 2: WELLNESS
•ACTIVITY 3: MY PANDEMIC MESSAGE

27. IDENTIFY CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF
STRESS IN ONE’S LIFE
• Stress is simply a reaction to a stimulus that
disturbs our physical or mental equilibrium. In
other words, it's an omnipresent part of life. A
stressful event can trigger the “fight-or-flight”
response, causing hormones such as adrenaline and
cortisol to surge through the body.

28. • Stressors have a major influence upon mood, our
sense of well-being, behaviour, and health. Acute
stress responses in young, healthy individuals may
be adaptive and typically do not impose a health
burden. However, if the threat is unremitting,
particularly in older or unhealthy individuals, the
long-term effects of stressors can damage health.

29. • Stress can come from any event or thought
that makes you feel frustrated, angry or
nervous. The manner in which stress affects
us depends on how we choose to think about
stress, and how we respond to it. But do you
think that stress is always something
negative? Actually, stress can either be
negative or positive. There are two kinds of
stress – eustress and distress.

30. EUSTRESS REFERS TO A POSITIVE AND
HEALTHY RESPONSE OF THE BODY
FROM A STRESSOR. IT PRODUCES GOOD
FEELINGS TO ONE’S WELL-BEING.
• Example, a student who studied so hard for the
examination then took and got an outstanding grade
in it, he may feel happiness and enjoyment.

31. DISTRESS REFERS TO A NEGATIVE REACTION
OF THE BODY TOWARDS A GIVEN STRESSOR.
• Stressors are the things that make a person
stressed. It may alter the mood and emotions and
can cause problems in health, and even affect the
way a person thinks. For example, when a student
failed in his subject he may experience sadness and
disappointment.

32. SHARING
• ACTIVITY 4: ARE YOU HAPP
• ACTIVITY 5: MY DIARY OR SAD?
• ACTIVITY 6: X FACTOR
• ACTIVITY 7: CHECKMATE

33. DEMONSTRATE PERSONAL WAYS TO COPE
WITH STRESS AND MAINTAIN MENTAL HEALTH
• Stress is a natural part of life. Everyone experiences stress, and everyone is affected
by stress in different ways. It is important to know how to manage stress. When you
do not know how to manage your own stress, you face consequences like anxiety,
depression and sleep issues. Everyone experiences stress in their life. A moderate
amount of stress is healthy and can fuel productivity.

34. THE FIRST STEP IN LEARNING HOW TO
MANAGE YOUR OWN STRESS IS TO
UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR STRESS AFFECTS
YOU.
• Too much stress and poor stress-management skills can
cause significant consequence on a person’s mental
health, physical health, relationships and overall mood.
It is important to understand how stress affects you in
preparation for developing healthy stress management
skills