D EVELOP MEN T A ND

NURTU RE OF M EN TA L
A ND EMOTI ON A L
HEAL T H
 BIGGEST BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS
ACCORDING TO WHO ARE:
• Not having breakfast Lack of sleep
• Overeating Air pollution
• Smoking Talking rarely
• High sugar intake Working your brain
when sick
• Your emotional health has a great impact
on your mental functioning. Lack of
emotional health causes physical and
mental illnesses.
• If there are things that you can do to stay
physically healthy, there are also things
that you can do to stay mentally and
emotionally healthy.
 TO NURTURE YOUR MENTAL
HEALTH:
• Have self-confidence.
• Take care of yourself.
• Learn how to manage stress.
• Have fun.
• Give something of yourself.
• Find peace.
• Ask for help when you need it.
 TO NURTURE YOUR EMOTIONAL
HEALTH:
• Focus on the positive.
• Foster your creativity.
• Express your emotions.
• Be sociable.
• Do not be too emotional.
 HEALTHY AND
UNHEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS
• Having a healthy relationship means you
and your partner feel supported and
connected and yet still feel independent.
Your relationship should bring more
happiness into your lives.
• But it becomes unhealthy when it takes
you or your partner feel uncomfortable, sad
and afraid leading to problems.
 SIGNS OF A HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIP:
• You have mutual respect.
• Being supported to do the things that you enjoy.
• You both still have separate identities.
• Listen to each other and compromise.
• Has mutual honesty.
• There is fairness and equality.
• Both of you are free to spend time with
families and other friends.
• Sharing thoughts and feelings.
• With a sense of fondness towards each
other.
EFFECTS OF A
HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIP
• Relationships are not just about who you are
getting along with. They include your
interactions with the people you encounter
everyday whether it will be good or bad. These
includes your family and relatives, classmates,
teachers, peers, neighbors or anyone from the
community. The people you meet everyday
have an effect (positive or negative) in your
 SOME OF THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF
A HEALTHY RELATION ARE:
• Makes you feel happy and satisfied because you feel
valued and have a sense of belongingness.
• Increases your confidence.
• You become independent.
• Enables you to learn and try out new ideas.
• Makes you healthier and live longer.
• Allows you to deal with stress.
WRITE TRUE IF THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT
AND FALSE IF THE STATEMENT IS WRONG

1. Do not listen to your classmates when she/he is a

problem.
2. Have self-confidence.
3. Eating junk foods and soft drinks can cause a
healthy body.
4. Playing mobile games from evening until morning.
5. Think of things that make you happy.