Coping Skills
This is the body’s automatic, primitive survival response that floods you with adrenaline when you experience an intense stressor.
What is the fight-or-flight response
This foundational practice involves observing and describing an emotion without judging it or trying to push it away.
Hint: Psychologist, Professor, and Founder of the therapeutic modality in question, Marsha Linehan
What is Mindfulness of Current Emotions
Children and teenagers do not experience true mental health conditions; they are just experiencing normal mood swings.
What is a Myth
- Half of all mental health conditions show their first signs before a person turns 14 years old.
This common mood disorder is characterized by persistent feelings of extreme sadness, low energy, and loss of interest.
What is Depression
This beloved dip, deeply rooted in Mexican cuisine, is primarily made from mashed avocados and lime juice.
What is Guacamole
This land mammal has the longest pregnancy, lasting about 22 months
What is an Elephant
These are known as short, encouraging, and positive phrases you say to yourself to fight off negative thinking patterns.
What are Positive Affirmations
The exact skill you should use when your emotional urge doesn't match the facts and acting on it would be destructive.
Hint: Acting differently than how you feel.
What is Opposite Action
Experiencing a mental health issue is incredibly rare
What is a Myth
- Mental health challenges are very common. Roughly 1 in 5 American adults experience a form of mental illness every year.
This acronym represents a condition triggered by witnessing or experiencing a terrifying or shocking life event.
What is PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
This traditional British takeout comfort food features deep-fried fish served alongside thick-cut potato wedges.
What is Fish and Chips
Reaching up to 30 feet long, this massive South American constrictor spends most of its life hidden in murky rivers and swamps.
What is an Anaconda
This mental process involves catching your negative thoughts, evaluating the evidence for them, and changing your perspective.
What is Cognitive Reframing
This is the emotional state you enter when your feelings completely take over your logical thinking, leading to impulsive choices.
What Is Emotion Mind
Bad mental health and stress can physically damage your immune system and elevate cardiovascular risks.
What is a Fact
- Chronic stress alters biological systems and worsens physical health.
This condition causes people to experience unwanted, intrusive thoughts and perform repetitive behavioral rituals.
What is OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
Named after the Spanish word for bread (pan), this Latin American baked or fried turnover contains a savory meat or vegetable filling.
What is an Empanada
This notorious, slow-moving, tree-dwelling mammal of the rainforest allows algae to grow on its fur, providing natural camouflage in the canopy.
What are Sloths
This cognitive trap happens when you automatically assume the absolute worst outcome will happen.
What is Catastrophizing
This classic DBT acronym outlines daily physical self-care habits—like treating illness, balancing eating, and sleeping well.
What is the PLEASE Skill
Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in this state, triggering a massive migration in 1849.
Hint: This state is not on the East Coast or in the South.
California
This disorder features cycles of intense emotional highs, known as mania, alternating with profound depressive lows.
What is Bipolar Disorder
A favorite comfort food in Poland, these stuffed dumplings are filled with ingredients like potato, cheese, or minced meat.
What are Pierogies
Delivering a crushing force of over 1,800 PSI, this aggressive semi-aquatic giant holds the record for the strongest bite of any land animal.
What is a Hippopotamus
This mindfulness concept teaches you to step back and look at your thoughts as temporary mental events rather than absolute facts.
Hint: This is the act of separating oneself from one's own thoughts.
What is Thought Defusion
The critical skill used to examine if your thoughts and emotional intensity actually match the reality of a situation.
What is Check The Facts
Green is the designated international awareness color for mental health advocacy, often worn as a ribbon in May.
What is a Fact
A personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability in relationships, self-image, and emotions, alongside severe impulsivity.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
This vibrant Louisiana Creole dish is a hearty stew typically packed with rice, vegetables, sausage, and seafood.
What is Jambalya
This colorful bird has a tongue twice the length of its body to easily snap up insects from afar.
What is a Chameleon