Question

There are six dimensions of health: physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being optimal wellness, how would you rank each of the dimensions as they relate to your life right now, and what steps could you take to improve your overall health?

Answer 1

Is this like a survey for other people, or are these questions posed directly to you, XxCreativeArtistxX?

Answer 2

it's a question on one of my classes and I honestly I don't know how to answer it,,

Answer 3

Gotcha. In that case, it sounds like they're questions for you about your own personal condition. Obviously, I can't answer them because I'm not you, but I can maybe help you think about how to answer them.

So, we have physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental health. And we're going to rate how you feel in each of these categories from 1-10. For simplicity, let's take 1 to mean "I'm dying", 10 to mean "I'm the best I could ever be", and 5 to be "average. Does that sound ok?

Answer 4

Ah okay,, Yeah that does sound okay,,

Answer 5

Alright cool. We can answer them one by one or all together, whatever you feel like. Is there any confusion about what any of the categories mean?

Answer 6

Environmental Health does kind of confuse me,, the rest I do have an idea of what they mean,,

Answer 7

That one was a little unclear for me too. A quick Bing search returned the definition "the branch of public health concerned with monitoring or mitigating those factors in the environment that affect human health and disease."

I guess you could think of that like the condition of the environment around you. Like, is there a lot of pollution where you live; is your house clean; is there a lot of disease in your area; is there a lot of crime; possibility of natural disasters... Maybe that sort of thing?

Answer 8

Ahhh Okay,, Gotcha,, That makes sense now,,

Answer 9

Awesome. Why don't you take a couple minutes to come up with your 6 ratings, and if you want we can talk about your thought process too

Answer 10

Alright,, sounds good to me,,

Answer 11

Alright I did some of the ratings for each of the dimensions and rated myself with a reason why I rated myself with that Number,, the only one I did get stumped on was the Spiritual rating,, I didn't know what kind of rating I should have done or how to rate myself,,

Answer 12

That is kind of an unusual one. Not everyone considers themselves to be a "spiritual" type of person, after all. I guess we can think about how spiritually "fulfilled" or "satisfied" you feel? Like, if you're pretty sure of your place in the universe in terms of that, tend towards 10, and if you're just wracked with doubt and burning spiritual questions, more towards a 1?
If it's something you've never really thought about one way or the other, I guess somewhere around 5 would be a safe rating

Answer 13

ah okay,, and honestly yeah I haven't really thought to much in how spiritual I am,, so yeah I guess 5 would be a safe rating,,

Answer 14

Alright so I finished with all my ratings,, So now would you like me to send you one of the six dimensions one at a time for you to see? I mean I just want this to sound good as possible so I'm open to any constructive criticism if you have any,,

Answer 15

Sounds good, all at once or one by one is fine, however you wanna do I'll take a look and let you know how it looks

Answer 16

Alright thanks! First up is-
Physical: The Ratings I would do for My Physical is 1 “Not active at all”, 5 “being active most of the time”, and 10 “Active all the time”

I would rate myself a 6,, for I’m active a lot but not all the time,, I tend to relax but my mom takes us out for family outings for us to be healthy and active.

Answer 17

That sounds good. I think you could even go a little higher than that if you wanted to, and the reasoning makes sense to me

Answer 18

Alright! and thanks,,

Answer 19

Alright so here's Social: The Ratings I would do for My Social is 1 “Not sociable”, 5 “A little sociable”, and 10 “Very Sociable”

I would rate myself a 5 for I am sociable but I honestly have a hard time talking to people because I fear they might judge me for how I talk or what I say so I just tend to be quiet, but sometimes I would be able to talk to kids around my age and have a normal and pretty long conversation.

Answer 20

Yup makes sense. Not terrible, maybe some room for improvement. Totally understandable

Answer 21

Alright,, So improvements on the social,, Got it,,

Answer 22

So now here's Mental,,
Mental: The Ratings I would have for My Mental is 1 “I’m dying”, 5 “I’m doing okay” and 10 “I’m doing Amazing”

I would rate myself a 4 because I am doing okay. I do have some doubts that come and go, not to mention I sometimes think about things that have happened or over think what people say to me.

Answer 23

Makes sense. Everyone does have doubts sometimes, the important thing is to find ways to deal with those doubts. I'm sure you'll discuss in class (I assume this is for a health class) strategies like building a strong support network of people you trust, talking about concerns with friends and loved ones, doing activities that you enjoy and which stimulate you mentally... things like that.
In any case, your rating makes sense for what you describe, so I see no reason not to go with that.

Answer 24

Mhm,, (And yes it is for a health class) and thanks,, :)

Answer 25

Of course =D

Answer 26

Alright now here's Emotional: The Ratings I would do for My Emotional is 1 “I’m Miserable”, 5 “I’m feeling alright” and 10 “I’m the happiest I could ever be”

How I would rate myself is 6 because I’m doing alright but I’m also happy with life, I tend to do some fun and happy things though sometimes I would have those days where I’m just doing alright,,

Answer 27

That's cool. Seems like a pretty fair rating to me

Answer 28

Alright then! Now Environmental: The Ratings I would do for My Environment is 1 ”unhealthy and very Toxic”, 5 “It's alright but a bit toxic” and 10 “Very Healthy and Happy!”

I would rate my Environmental as a 8 because things are healthy and happy though there are some ups and downs, but everything else is very healthy and happy.

Answer 29

Very nice, that is fortunate. Also a fine rating, definitely consistent with your description

Answer 30

Yay! Alright now The last one,, Spiritual: The Ratings I would do for My Spiritual is 1 “Not spiritual at all”, 5 “Haven’t really thought about spirituality” and 10 “Very Spiritual”

I would rate myself a 5 because I never really thought too much into Spirituality none the less I don’t know what that is, so I haven’t thought too much into spirituality and thought that 5 would be the safest rating.

Answer 31

Right, makes sense, we talked about that one earlier.
Alright, sounds good, I guess that covers all of them then! Well done!

Answer 32

Mhm and thanks for your help!! I really appreciate it!