Let's Feel it Out
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges.
What is True?
Name two healthy coping skills
Deep breathing, grounding techniques, positive affirmations, challenging thought distortions, journaling, meditation, exercise, urge surfing ect....
Name one thing that is within our control and one thing that is not in our control.
In control: Our words, actions. attitude, values and goals.
Out of Control: How others act, think and feel, the past, laws and rules
What are 3 things you can do to maintain your mental health progress?
Attend therapy and medical appointments regularly, medication compliance, mental health apps, peer support groups, balance self-care, community support programs, stay connected to others, ask for help.
What is the only bird that can fly backwards?
What is a hummingbird?
A sudden feeling of acute and disabling anxiety; intense fear or anxiety along with physical symptoms
What is a panic attack?
An ancient system of practices used to balance the mind and body through exercise, meditation (focusing thoughts), and control of breathing and emotions.
What is Yoga?
These are irrational thoughts that shape how you see the world, how you feel, and how you act. It’s normal to have these thoughts occasionally, but they can be harmful when frequent or extreme.
Cognitive Distortions
Where can you go for support in a crisis?
What is any hospital ER, supportive family/friends, crisis hotline?
What is the only part of the body that cannot heal itself?
What are teeth?
What is Mindfullness?
The act of staying in the present moment.
Accepting things that we cannot change, despite feeling unhappy about it.
What is Radical Acceptance?
These are a person’s most central ideas about themselves, others, and the world. These beliefs act like a lens through which every situation and life experience is seen.
Core Beliefs
This is a plan you may develop with a therapist that consists of coping skills, people to call, and emergency phone numbers.
What are safety plans/relapse prevention plans?
What continent has area in all four hemispheres?
What is Africa?
This type of meditation is where you work on tensing different parts of your body:
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
What does DBT stand for?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
What is the difference between guilt and shame?
Guilt- I made a mistake
Shame- I am a mistake
This term involves creating obstacles to avoid potential failure, rejection, or added responsibilities.
Self Sabotage
What was Disney's first animated feature film?
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?
When you are afraid, face your fears; when you are angry, take deep breaths; when you are sad, do light exercise. This is an example of what?
What is Opposite Action?
These help control uncomfortable feelings by turning attention away from thoughts, memories, or worries, and refocusing on the present moment
Grounding Techniques
What would you do to challenge a negative thought or belief you have?
Evaluate the evidence, look that the facts, reframe the thought for a different perspective
What is the term for feeling stressed or anxious but being able to cope and recover?
Resilience
What country chose the unicorn as its national animal?
What is Scotland?