Activity B.

Changes in Internal, sensory or mental

____________1. Bones become brittle

____________2. Decline in the ability to see

__________3.More cautious about learning

___________4. Loss in brain weight

__________5.Marked changes in taste

__________6.Lack the capacity for creative thinking.

__________7.Decline in intellectual power

___________8. Decline in the sensitivity to pain

___________9.Poor recent memories but better remote memories.

___________10. Tend to lessen their sense of humor

Some common problem unique to old age

1. Physical helplessness

2. Economic insecurity

3. Making new friends to replace those who have died or move away

4. Developing new activities to increase leisure time.

5. Learning to treat grown children as adults

6. Becoming involved in community activities planned for the elderly

7. Becoming “victimized” or taken advantage of salespersons, hoodlums, and criminals because they are unable to depend themselves.

Lesson No 6: Aging

Activity A.

Changes in appearance during old age

1. The nose elongates

2. The mouth change shape as a result of tooth loss and the use of dentures

3. The eyes seem dull, lusterless and have a watery look

4. A double chin develops

5. The cheeks become wrinkled and baggy

6. The skin becomes wrinkled and dry the hair on the head becomes thin and turns gray

5 factors that seem to promote long and healthy life

1. Genetic influence

2. A low calorie diet

3. A diet in low cholesterol

4. High degree of physical activity

5. Continued active participation in family and community

Lesson No 5:Emotion

Emotion is usually considered to be a feeling about or reaction to certain important events or thoughts. An emotion can either be pleasant or unpleasant.

Activity A. Draw faces

Pleasant emotions include:

Love

Happiness

Contentment

Peace

Unpleasant Emotions

Anger

Grief

Pain

Sadness

Lesson no: 4

The most common forms of mental illnesses:

1. (xieanty ) ____________respond to certain objects or situations with fear and dread, as well as with physical signs of anxiety, such as a rapid heartbeat and sweating. )(ansaeyti)

2. (oomd)____________ disorders or affective disorders that involves persistent feelings of sadness or periods of feeling overly happy, or fluctuations from extreme happiness to extreme sadness.(muud)

3. (sbhoiap) _____________these may include disproportionate fear of objects, fear of being subject to the judgment of others, and dread of situations where getting away or breaking free may be difficult. (fhobyas)

4. (sesbsiveo)___________compulsive disorder - the person has obsessions and compulsions. constant stressful thoughts and a powerful urge to perform repetitive acts, (obsesib)

5. (most-traaticup )______________stress disorder can occur after somebody has been through a traumatic .

(post-tromatik)

6. (serpesidon )____________ the sufferer is not longer interested in and does not enjoy activities and events that he/she previously got pleasure from. (depresyon)

7. (riploab)______________ disorder -. The sufferer oscillates from episodes of euphoria and depression.(baypowlar)

8. (hysymitad)___________ -. The patient has a chronic feeling of ill being and/or lack of interest in activities he/she once enjoyed.(distimya)

9. (cyphotics )______________disorders involve distorted awareness and thinking.(saykotik)

10. (i tcaluhinonlas) __________________-- the experience of images or sounds that are not real.(halusineysyons)

11. (seludions) _________ false beliefs that the ill person accepts as true, despite evidence to the contrary.(delusion)

Schizophrenia is an example of a psychoticdisorder.Eatingdisorders: Eating disorders involve extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors involving weight and food.

12. (piulsem)________________ control and addiction disorders: unable to resist urges, or impulses, to perform acts that could be harmful to themselves or others.(impals) Personality disorders: have extreme and inflexible personality traits that are distressing to the person and/or cause problems in environment.

13. (sudtjenmat) __________disorder develops emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to a stressful event or situation.(adyasment)

14. (ivisocasdiet)_____________ disorders: suffer severe disturbances or changes in memory.(Disosyatib)

15. (octitifusa )___________disorders: In which physical and/or emotional symptoms are created in order to place the individual in the role of a patient or a person in need of help.(Faktisyus)

Sexual and gender disorders: it affects sexual desire, performance, and behavior.

§ Separation of feelings from ideas and events, for example, describing a murder with graphic details with no emotional response.

§ Rationalization (making excuses): Where a person convinces him or herself that no wrong was done and that all is or was all right through faulty and false reasoning

§ Reaction formation: Converting unconscious wishes or impulses that are perceived to be dangerous into their opposites; behavior that is completely the opposite of what one really wants or feels; taking the opposite belief because the true belief causes anxiety.

§ Regression: Temporary reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in a more adult way.

§ Repression: The process of attempting to repel desires towards pleasurable instincts, caused by a threat of suffering if the desire is satisfied

§ Undoing: A person tries to 'undo' an unhealthy, destructive or otherwise threatening thought by engaging in contrary behavior.

§ Withdrawal: Withdrawal is a more severe form of defense. It entails removing oneself from events, stimuli, interactions, etc… that could remind one of painful thoughts and feelings.

§ Altruism: Constructive service to others that brings pleasure and personal satisfaction.

§ Anticipation: Realistic planning for future discomfort.

§ Humor: Overt expression of ideas and feelings (especially those that are unpleasant to focus on or too terrible to talk about) that gives pleasure to others. Identification: The unconscious modeling of one's self upon another person's character and behavior.

§ Introjection: Identifying with some idea or object so deeply that it becomes a part of that person.

§ Sublimation: Transformation of negative emotions or instincts into positive actions, behavior, or emotion.

§ Thought suppression: The conscious process of pushing thoughts into the preconscious; the conscious decision to delay paying attention to an emotion or need in order to cope with the present reality; making it possible to later access uncomfortable or distressing emotions while accepting them.

Lesson No: 3

Defense Mechanisms," or ways that we protect ourselves from things that we don't want to think about or deal with

The primary functions of these mechanisms are:

1. to minimize anxiety

2. to protect the ego

3. to maintain repression

Repression is useful to the individual since:

1. it prevents discomfort

2. it leads to some economy of time and effort

§ Denial: Refusal to accept external reality because it is too threatening; arguing against an anxiety-provoking stimulus by stating it doesn't exist;

§ Distortion: A gross reshaping of external reality to meet internal needs.

§ Splitting: A primitive defense. Negative and positive impulses are split off and unintegrated.

§ Extreme projection: The blatant denial of a moral or psychological deficiency, which is perceived as a deficiency in another individual or group.

§ Acting out: Direct expression of an unconscious wish or impulse in action, without conscious awareness of the emotion that drives that expressive behavior.

§ Fantasy: Tendency to retreat into fantasy in order to resolve inner and outer conflicts.

§ Idealization: Unconsciously choosing to perceive another individual as having more positive qualities than he or she may actually have.

§ Passive aggression: Aggression towards others expressed indirectly or passively such as using procrastination. (procrastination refers to the act of replacing high-priority actions with tasks of low-priority, and thus putting off important tasks to a later time.)

§ Projection: reduces anxiety by allowing the expression of the undesirable impulses or desires without becoming consciously aware of them; attributing one's own unacknowledged unacceptable/unwanted thoughts and emotions to another;

§ Projective identification: The object of projection invokes in that person precisely the thoughts, feelings or behaviors projected.

§ Somatization: The transformation of negative feelings towards others into negative feelings toward self, pain, illness, and anxiety.

§ Displacement: Defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses to a more acceptable or less threatening target; separation of emotion from its real object and redirection of the intense emotion toward someone or something that is less offensive or threatening in order to avoid dealing directly with what is frightening or threatening.

§ Dissociation: Temporary drastic modification of one's personal identity or character to avoid emotional distress; separation or postponement of a feeling that normally would accompany a situation or thought.

§ Hypochondriasis: An excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.

Intellectualization: A form of isolation; concentrating on the intellectual components of a situation so as to distance oneself from the associated anxiety-provoking emotions; separation of emotion from ideas; thinking about wishes in formal, affectively bland terms and not acting on them; avoiding unacceptable emotions by focusing on the intellectual aspects Isolation:

*Sleeping even to late hours each night.

* Learning about gold nutrition, its effect on energy and mood and practicing it.

*Expressing for 30 minutes or more each day.

* Adding small wealthy activities to living like climbing stairs instead of using elevators and going for short walks.

* Getting 10 to 15 minutes of exposure to sunbright every day.

* Avoiding cigarettes, all cool and drugs.

* Appeal to all our live senses by implementing techniques like listening to music, massaging hands and feet, sipping a warm drink and placing flowers.

* Engage in productive and active work like gardening, drawing, playing an instrument and writing.

* share for a pet.

* Give priority to pressure time.

* Elliminate, pray; take time out for contemplation and appreciation.
* Not neglecting reveal-world relationships in favor of a TV screen.

* Send time with upbeat, positive people interested in their welfare.

* Helping others by venturing.

* coining networking and special interest groups with people having common interests.

*Develop your physical self through church or non-church related activities

Lesson no 1: " Mental Health

A good mental health, means a balance in his or her social, emotional and psychological areas of life

If you think, feel and act positive and act responsibly in your work and relationships with others, then you are probably experiencing good mental health

Mental or emotional health refers to our positive characteristics and overall psychological well-being. Mentally healthy people are known to deal with stress effectively by being able to bounce back from adversity. They are basically content people whose activities and relationships are meaningful.

What are the characteristic of good mental health?

1. They feel good about themselves.
2. They do not become overwhelmed by emotions, such as fear, anger, love, jealousy, guilt, or anxiety.
3. They have lasting and satisfying personal relationships.
4. They feel comfortable with other people.
5. They can laugh at themselves and with others.
6. They have respect for themselves and for others even if there are differences.
7. They are able to accept life's disappointments.
8. They can meet life's demands and handle their problems when they arise.
9. They make their own decisions.
10. They shape their environment whenever possible and adjust to it when necessary.

Characteristics of good mental health

Emotional and mental wellbeing is directly related to physical health because the mind and body are linked entities. How can a well maintained physique be obtained ?