Written by P. A. Owens on October 31, 2018
Week 11 DB 1-2
DB1:
In reference to the two required videos.
Please submit a short response-3 paragraphs minimum. In the paragraphs, please…
1) Develop a comparison of the factors
regarding health psychology mentioned in your text and those in the two videos.
As shown in both of the
videos and as demonstrated in our text, mental health is very strongly
connected to one’s physical health and well-being. Both of the videos and the
text all declare this quite clearly throughout their statements of mental
health psychology. All of the examples give clear ways to avoid stress and
hardships mentally that are the results of overbearing stress in someone’s life.
Our text also gives an example of how a social support system, the network of
friends, family members, neighbors, coworkers, and others who can offer help to
a person in need, can help someone who is struggling with stress tremendously.
(Ciccarelli and White, 2017)
2) Please contrast the text with the two
videos.
The first video by Dr.
Ghannam goes into a full amount of detail about universal mental health issues
around the globe, which are mainly caused by poor living conditions and war/hardships
that mainly occur in third world countries. The second video, in my opinion the
more fun one, goes into detail about how our emotions can effect our mental
health. Both of the videos agree that mental health is something that can be
taken care of. And I agree that, like one video stated, with hard work and
motivation and cutting out things from one’s life such as alcohol, high blood
sugar or cholesterol, obesity or a poor diet, smoking etc. (TEDxTalks, 2013)
Our text by Ciccarelli and White is somewhat different because it mainly gives
general overviews, per say, of topics that are more closely related to things
that nearly everyone might have issues with over the course of their lifetimes;
such as stress, how the immune system is impacted by stress, possible reactions
to stress, and so on. (Ciccarelli and White, 2017)
3) Please summarize your analysis of the
three.
Our text and the videos all state and
stress (ha, see what I did there? ;-) that if you have health problems, that it
could be due to an overbearing amount of stress. They also all go into some
depth about how someone who is struggling with stress can overcome come of
their day to day anxieties that they are dealing with.
This will employ your critical thinking
and writing skills, preparing you for the development of your final research
paper, wherein you should be evaluating different sources of information, for
similarities and differences and then synthesizing and summarizing your
findings.
DB2:
Health Psychology-
1)What are aspects of good health? Please consider physical, psychological, and
more.
An aspect of good physical health can be a
clear representation of good mental health. And good mental health can be a reason
for good physical health. Of course this is not always the case, but for most,
it is. In fact, mental stress can actually effect the entire immune system and
overall health. (Ciccarelli and White, 2017) which can weaken a person’s body
when they need their best self the most, for example when someone gets stressed
out over a math exam or psychology paper; they could also be weakening their
entire immune system. So the best thing for someone to do would be to do
something relaxing, and for them to meet their deadlines ahead of time in a
stress-free atmosphere.
2) What is mindfulness? Do you feel this would have any effect on
health? Why or why not? (Consider the work of Dr. Ellen Langer- you
will need to research this)
Mindfulness is the state of being aware of
your surroundings and being aware of the steps you need to take while doing
important, or non-important, tasks. As Dr. Ellen Langer states, to
be mindful, she notes, stressing
process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens
us to new information and perspectives. (Dr. Langer, 2009) I believe being
mindful has a very positive effect on health. Of course some people might over
do being mindful and become slightly or majorly paranoid, which is never good
for one’s physical or mental health. On the other hand, being mindless could
leave a person in a “tizzy” and not knowing what to do when certain situations
arise. Dr. Ellen Langer also states that being mindless determines that the mindless
following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and
a predetermined course of life. (Dr. Langer, 2009) So
there you have it, straight from an expert, being mindless can result in a very
low state of life.
3)
What are some skills or suggestions you might make to a client to help
them create a more healthy lifestyle? Do
you use these suggestions in your life?
Why or why not?
If someone was struggling to have a
healthy lifestyle, I would suggest cutting one thing out of their life. A
stressful timeline can make someone lose hope of ever getting out of it, and we
never want that. Another thing could be that they do not work out on a regular
basis at a gym, YMCA, etc. I would strongly suggest working out to maintain
one’s body in a healthy manner Psychologists promote healthy lifestyles, which
help people maintain their health and also to
prevent or treat illnesses. (Ciccarelli and White, 2017) Exercising has
so many health benefits if you do it the right way, which could mean hiring a
trainer to help them out and encourage them. As far as using these suggestions
in my own life, yes, I do. I have to have some extra free time to just lay
around in a comfy hoodie and take a nap or do my favorite relaxing thing to do,
which is crocheting. I also recently started working out, swimming laps at my
local YMCA, and I have felt super energetic lately and almost stress free.
References:
TEDxTalks. (2013). Global health
psychology: Jess Ghannam at TEDxUNPlaza. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA5hY0XKByM
Accessed on October 29, 2018.
Ciccarelli,
Saundra K., & J. Noland White.
Psychology (REVEL with e-text/access code), 5th
Edition.
Person 2017. ISBN: 978-0134715305
Dr.
Ellen Langer (2009) Mindfulness http://www.ellenlanger.com/books/3/mindfulness
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