Healthy Coping Skills
What is your favorite coping skill?
Make something up!
What is one example of an unhealthy coping skill?
Hitting your sister when you're mad.
What is something that stresses a lot of kids out?
School, sports, peers, family
What emotions are you feeling now and why?
Make it up!
What is it called when birds fly to warmer climates for the winter?
Migration
What is an example of a calming coping skill?
Deep breaths, spending time in nature, petting the dog, listening to ocean waves, talking a walk
Is eating an unhealthy coping skill?
It can be if you are intentionally eating too much for comfort or too little because of stress.
What is stress?
The feeling of emotional or physical tension.
What should you do if you're nervous?
Who was the first human to step on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
What are coping skills?
A method a person uses to deal with stressful situations.
Is crying an unhealthy coping skill?
No, crying is the body's natural release of emotional and physical tension.
What are 3 signs you are too stressed?
Not sleeping well, crying a lot, headaches, over/under eating, isolating, difficulty focusing, feeling sick
What should you do if you're sad?
Journal, talk to someone, spend time with your family/friends, walk the dog
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific
What is an example of a distracting coping skill?
Watching TV, playing video games, playing on a sports team, painting a picture
What makes a coping skill unhealthy?
It harms you or someone else or has negative effects.
Give an example of a trigger.
Sounds (loud noises)
Events (family member passes away)
Smells (Same smell from a bad day)
People (old best friends)
Materials (nails on a chalkboard)
What should you do if you're angry?
What is the hardest natural substance in the world?
Diamond
Journal, exercise, listen to music, talk to someone, cry
Give 5 examples of unhealthy coping skills.
Smoking
Drinking
Overeating
Isolating
Violence
What is a trigger?
Something that affects your emotional state.
What are the 5 emotions in the Inside Out movie?
Joy, Anger, Disgust, Sadness, Fear
How many breaths do the average human take in a day?
Approximately 23,000 breaths