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Born
Blake Griffin was born. -
Home sick with the flu for the entire week
Blake can treat the flu by getting a proper nutrition, getting rest, and lot's of fluids. To make sure he won't get the flu again the next year he will get a vaccination, get good rest, and get proper nutrition with lot's of fluids. -
A Family relative starts smoking again.
Blake is scared that his relative will end up with emphysema, lung cancer, or chronic bronchitis. -
Makes a pledge to stay abstinent.
Blakes' parents told him that it prevents pregnancy, takes away the risk of getting a STI, and sex should be shared with a lifelong partner not with many random people. -
Learns about his family history of health disease and realizes he needs to eat healthier foods
Blake will now be at lower risk for high blood pressure, high blood sugar, being overweight, and high cholesterol. -
Puberty begins.
Blake can now think logically, developing personal values, and is understanding different point of views. -
Best friend starts drinking on the weekends
Blake is concerned for his friend because underage drinking can cause brain damage, he can get alcohol poisoning, he can start binge drinking, and eventually can become addicted to alcohol. -
A stressful event occurs.
The NBA Draft:
He was physically effected because he worked himself to hard to be seen and picked in the draft.
A healthy coping method he used was getting support from friends and family to cool down his stress levels. -
Takes keys away from best friend before he/she drives home from a party.
Blake told his friend that he shouldn't drink and drive again because he could kill himself or even worse, others. -
A significant loss occurs.
Blake was feeling anger during the 3rd stage of grief and hope during the last stage. -
Creates a health goal in hopes of improving his overall health.
Blake will achieve his goal by thinking of his basketball career and staying in shape will help him with that. -
Face a challenge to one of the three areas of the health triangle
A lot of people always talk about Blake and say all he can do is dunk and he is not good at anything else. So he used to let that bother him and he got mentally sick. But he continued to work hard and tell himself he was great at what he did. Since then he lead his team, the Clippers, the the 2014 Playoffs and was able to make it to the semifinales.
