Mental Health
The ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.
What is mindfulness
These are used to reduce stress and improve mental wellness.
Coping Skills
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
True
This word means that opposite ideas can exist at the same time.
What is dialectical?
True or False: Everyone deals with stress the same way?
False
This is a common and serious medical diagnosis that often includes loss of enjoyment, persistent sadness, and hopelessness.
Depression
Being thankful or expressing good things from your day or things that you are thankful for is a coping strategy known as
Gratitude
What does H.A.L.T. stand for?
Hungry, angry, lonely tired.
What is progressive muscle relaxation.
Kindness and acceptance towards yourself is called what?
Self-Compassion
A set of negative and unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something are another name for this. (Stereotypes fall into this)
What is Stigma
This gives you a sense of calm, peace and balance that can benefit both your emotional well-being and your overall health.
Meditation
What are the four "F's" of a trauma response?
Fight, flight, freeze, fawn.
5-4-3-2-1
What is a grounding technique
The practice of taking an active role in protecting one's own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress.
What is self-care.
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror is an example of this.
Panic Attack or Anxiety
True or False: 21 Million Americans have had a major depressive episode?
True
These beliefs about oneself are often developed in childhood in response to a threat to safety.
What are core negative beliefs.
Examples of this include "box" and "4-7-8".
What are breathing techniques?
What do we call something that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior, mood and can impact daily living.
What is mental health.
When the symptoms you are experiencing are given a name.
What is Diagnosis
Describe the Grounding Technique 5-4-3-2-1:
Five Things you can see, Four Things you can touch, Three Things you can hear, Two Things you can smell, and One Thing you can taste.
Why is exercise considered beneficial for mental health?
It releases endorphins
Why is stigma a challenge in mental health care?
It prevents people from seeking help.
What is the number for the crisis hotline.
988