Hygiene
Name two things you can do every day to maintain good personal hygiene.
What are brushing your teeth, showering, washing your face, using deodorant, wearing clean clothes, or washing your hands?
What is a coping skill?
What is a healthy strategy used to manage stress, difficult emotions, urges, or challenging situations?
Giving someone your attention and trying to understand what they are saying is called this.
What is active listening?
Name one daily routine that can support your mental health.
What are consistent sleep, meals, hygiene, medications as prescribed, exercise, groups/therapy, or relaxation?
True or False: Asking for help can be considered a coping skill.
What is TRUE?
Why is it important to change into clean clothes regularly?
What is preventing odor and bacteria buildup while supporting comfort, health, and self-care?
Name three healthy coping skills
What are deep breathing, journaling, walking, music, grounding, talking to someone, exercise, art, or mindfulness?
Which is healthier: “You always make me angry!” or “I feel frustrated when this happens”?
What is “I feel frustrated when this happens” because it communicates feelings without immediately blaming the other person?
Why can going to bed and waking up around the same time each day be helpful?
What is supporting a healthy sleep-wake cycle, energy, daily functioning, and emotional regulation?
A situation, thought, memory, sensation, or interaction that causes an emotional or behavioral reaction is called this.
What is a trigger?
Name three areas of hygiene that can become difficult when someone is struggling with their mental health.
What are showering, oral care, grooming, changing clothes, laundry, or keeping one's environment clean?
This grounding technique asks you to identify things you can see, feel, hear, smell, and taste.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
Name two warning signs that you may need to pause a conversation before it becomes an argument.
What are yelling, interrupting, insults, feeling overwhelmed, racing thoughts, clenched fists, or increasing anger?
You have a large task that feels overwhelming. What is one way to make it easier to start?
What is break the task into smaller, manageable steps?
What is the difference between having an emotion and acting on that emotion?
What is emotions are internal experiences, while actions are behaviors—and experiencing an emotion doesn't mean you have to act on it?
You feel too depressed or unmotivated to complete your entire hygiene routine. What should you do?
What is break the routine into small, manageable steps and start with one task?
You notice yourself becoming extremely angry during an argument. Name two coping skills you can use before responding.
What are taking space, deep breathing, grounding, pausing, identifying the emotion, or asking to continue the conversation when calmer?
Someone tells you “no” or sets a boundary you don't like. What is a healthy way to respond?
What is respect the boundary, communicate feelings calmly, ask appropriate questions, and avoid threats, insults, or aggression?
You have no motivation to clean your room. What is one realistic strategy?
What is choose one small area or task, work on it for a short period, and then decide whether to continue?
Recognizing and managing strong emotions so you can respond effectively instead of automatically reacting is called this.
Answer: What is emotional regulation?
Create a simple three-step morning hygiene routine for a difficult mental-health day.
What is brush teeth, wash face/shower, and put on clean clothes and deodorant? (Accept other appropriate routines.)
What is the difference between using distraction as a coping skill and actually processing a problem?
What is distraction temporarily reduces overwhelming emotions, while processing helps you understand, communicate, or work through the underlying problem?
Change this into healthy communication: “Nobody here listens to me, so I'm done talking to everybody!”
What is “I'm feeling unheard and frustrated. I need an opportunity to explain what's bothering me and have someone listen.”
Why are routines especially important when you're experiencing depression, anxiety, or other difficult symptoms?
What is routines provide structure and help maintain basic functioning and self-care when motivation or emotional stability is decreased?
Your warning signs are increasing and your normal coping skills aren't working. What should you do next?
What is reach out for additional support and tell staff or another appropriate support person what you're experiencing, especially if there is a safety concern?