General
This is the most common mental health issue worldwide.
Anxiety
What is a coping skill?
Specific thoughts, behaviors, and strategies we use to manage stressful situations, intense emotions, or life's challenges.
What is self care?
Any deliberate, everyday activity that supports and protects your emotional, psychological, and physical well-being. It acts as a battery recharge to help you manage stress, lower illness risks, and build resilience against life's challenges
What are feelings?
• They are the sensations that are happening in our body in that moment.
• Feelings are messages that your body and mind are sending you about how you are emotionally experiencing something.
What famous actor who played Harry Potter struggles with OCD?
Daniel Radclif
This term refers to the negative attitudes or discrimination directed toward people with mental illness.
Stigma
What is an unusual coping skill that you use that helps you when you're feeling overwhelmed?
Any Answer
True or False: Crying is a healthy way to release emotions.
True
Why don’t some people share negative feelings such as sadness, being hurt, frustration?
They are worried about being judged, or laughed at or seen as vulnerable. This can be due to the stigma around dealing with our mental health.
What famous actor who starred in The Great Gatsby struggles with OCD?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Give one example of setting a healthy boundary besides a physical boundary with a friend, family member or romantic partner.
• Letting others know when we need transition time/a break.
• Asking people to stop distracting us when we are busy.
• Letting friends know when we won’t be available.
• Telling romantic partners how much affection we want or don’t want.
(FYI: Boundaries help us meet our own needs, help develop our identity and independence, help build healthy relationships, is respectful to others and enables us to use our energy in good ways to take care of ourselves.)
How do any type of breathing techniques help us?
Breathing deeply is a helpful way to start the day, keep us feeling good, calm us down or help us feel better and relax. It can relieve tension and stress in the body.
This simple, two-letter word is one of the most effective self-care tools you can use to avoid taking on too much.
NO
What does it mean to reframe negative thoughts and give one example.
Reframing thoughts is when you actively notice unhelpful thoughts in your mind and reframe them into more useful thoughts such as “I’ll never get this” to “I can do it.
What famous singer is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.
*Hint: She is famous for her song "Give Your Heart a Break" and her role in the movie "Camp Rock".
Demi Lovato
All areas of our health are interconnected. Striving for balance and wellness means paying attention to all aspects of our health. What are the four areas of our health?
Physical, mental, spiritual and emotional.
What’s one thing we can do to distract ourselves during a hard time and what one thing we can do that can help us reflect on our problem?
Anything that’s distracting like video games, sports, working, even substance use and partying and reflecting like talking about it, journaling, thinking about it, praying, making music.
True or False: Self-care is a luxury that only takes an entire day or weekend to achieve.
False (Self-care can be practiced in as little as 5 minutes)
Why is anger often called a secondary emotion, what’s underneath and why is it helpful to understand this?
• Anger is often called a secondary emotion because we show anger in order to protect ourselves from or hide other vulnerable feelings. Socially, anger is one of the few emotions that we are told is OK to express.
• We almost always feel something else first before we get angry. A primary feeling is what is felt, before we feel anger.
• If we understand what feeling is underneath then a person’s less likely to become angry and act on that, and will be able to understand themselves better.
This famous singer is diagnosed with depression.
*Hint: Hit songs include, "Rolling in the Deep", "Hello", and "Someone Like You"
Adele
Name 4 things you should ask a pharmacist or doctor when getting prescribed medication for a mental health issue.
• What are the side effects? Why am I taking this?
• What are the expected results? How long should I take it for?
• Will it make my birth control pill less effective? How often should I take it?
• Are there any alternatives to taking this medication?
• Is this the lowest dose I can take for it to be effective?
• If I take drugs/alcohol or another medication while on this, what will happen?
• What should I do if I miss a dose?
• What time of the day should I take this?
Name one helpline or website and one person you can go to for support or information on Mental Health/Emotional Well-Being.
Any Answer
Give three reasons why is it important to make time for ourselves and have fun?
Self-care is important because it:
• Gives us a break so we can reenergize
• Helps us cope when times are harder
• Releases endorphins (happy hormones)
• Reduces stress
• Feels good
• Can help us have more energy to be helpful to others
Why is it important to feel our feelings especially the hard feelings like sadness and anger rather than ignore, get rid or numb them?
If we numb our negative feelings we also numb joy and happy feelings. Ignoring and pushing away our feelings can lead to negative coping like taking them out on others, substance use, disordered eating etc. Because of this, it’s important to recognize our feelings and care for them.
This famous singer struggled with Bipolar disorder.
*Hint: Famous songs include - "Crazy Train" and "Bark at the Moon"
Ozzy Osbourne