health is wealth!

1. Health psychology
Psychological wellbeing to physical illness
Psychological wellbeing
Physical illness
Psychological
wellbeing
Self acceptance
Continued growth and
development
Pursuit of Meaningful
goals
Ability to manage complex
situations
Establishment of
qualities
Sense of autonomy in
thoughts
Positive use of stress
Enduring health problem that
will not go away
Level of functioning
changes as compared
to previous
Absence of physical
health
Response to disease
It’s an abnormal process
Physical
illness
Period of sickness affecting the
body or mind

2. Health psychology
Psychologicalwellbeing and physical illness
Well-being plays an additional protective role in the course of physical diseases.
Mental illnesses can cause people to experience pain, numbness and a variety of
other “physical” symptoms.
Example:
Depression can cause osteoporosis.
What is osteoporosis?
For people with a chronic physical illness,
anxiety and depression makes living with their
condition even more difficult. It can make it
harder for people to find the energy to eat
healthily, exercise or take medication
regularly.
Osteoporosis, which literally means porous bone, is a
disease in which the density and quality of bone are
reduced. As bones become more porous and fragile, the
risk of fracture is greatly increased. The loss of bone
occurs silently and progressively. More common in
females.

3. Health psychology
Risk factors of osteporosis
Normal resposnses to osteoporosis
They do weight bearing exercise.
They do weight bearing exercise regularly
to make their bones strong. Dancing,
jogging, step aerobics and hiking. Their
attitude towards exercise is like “I feel
encouraged, I am not going to stop after all.

4. Health psychology
Pays attention to the proper intake
of calcium.
If they are eating food which has no
vitamin D they replace their food with
vitamin d enriched food.Its not easy to
cahnge food patterns but they will try
to put some effort to take vitamin d
enriched food like meat,vegetables and
fruits.They train their brain to hate
junk food.
Prefers vitamin D enriched food
They take plenty of calcium daily like
almonds,oranges and calcium fortified
plants milk.They also take calcium
supplements if needed.They stop
themselves to take energy drinks.
Their attitude towards that is like “I am
going to avoid the energy drinks
because I don’t want my life to be end
in a disastrous way”.They feel safe and
more healthy than people who don’t
take calcium properly in their life.

5. Health psychology
They cahnge the habit of smoking and
alchohol.They take the danger
seriously. They make themselves
capable to live without smoking.They
remind themselves “smoking will kill
me”.They distract themselves by
talking to friends and by doing some
enjoyable activity.
They stop smoking
They change their lifestyles in a healthy way and they show positivity towards
the problem they put some effort to get rid of the illness & follows the
instructions of the doctor.I finally feel like ,I am making progress.

6. Health psychology
Pathologicalresponses to osteoprosis
Avoids weightbearing exercises
They don’ttake calcium
regularly may be they take once a
week and they may often lie to
doctorthat “they are taking
regularly properamount of
calcium”
No attention to their calcium requirement
They avoid weight bearing
exercises even when they know
that avoiding exercise can cause
severe damage.Non serious
attitude towards exercise like “No,
I just cant do what you want me to
do I’ll do what I want “. “ I should
hit the gym ‘today, no tomorrow
once a month and goes on”

7. Health psychology
There's no denying that junk
food cravings are powerful
and designed to make us
want more, It only takes few
weeks to break the routine
but they don’t even try to do
that. Their attitude is like “As
long as I do not eat junk
food, I feel like, I am still
hungry.
Junk food cravings
They don’twait out the urge to
smoke they don’tdelay. They
keep reminding themselves
that they cannot survive longer
without smoking. They don’t
do something that takes their
mind off smoking, They
become depressed and this
leads to more smoking.
They don’t stopsmoking

8. Health psychology
No physical activity after doing
chores they keep sitting on a sofa in
front of TV. “I mix up exercises
sometimes I click the button of
remote sometimes I double click the
button”. “I am not feeling well
today I’ll start from tomorrow “
Sedentarylife styles
They don’tchange their sedentary lifestyles and slowly it leads to the
severity of problem don’tpay attention and they don’tput an effort even when they
know that it is dangerous for them. By not following the instructions of the doctor,
they end their lives in disastrous way.

9. Health psychology
Osteoporosis is a severe disease. Its complication is more severe than others
so do not ignore or take it easy if you do not concern with doctor it can result in
disability and even an increased risk of death within the first year after the injury.