Emotion of the week
What was the emotion of the week?
What is the most common mental illness?
Anxiety
How many teens are effected by anxiety and worry (hint: its the same as adults)
1 in 3
True or False: Anxiety is the same for everyone
False- Anxiety looks different for everyone.
What disorder his characterized by a fear for your health?
Health Anxiety
When do we feel stressed?
When we think we can't handle something.
How are our stressors different from warthogs?
Their stressors were a matter of life and death. Ours are not.
True or False: Only 40% of teens talk to their parents or caregivers about their worries.
True
True: lots of people report feeling like they are having a heart attack or going to die in the moment; however, panic attack are not physically dangerous in the moment.
What disorder is characterized by a need to perform or repeat an action so something bad wont happen? (howie mandell has this disorder)
OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
What are the physical effects of chronic stress?
Rapid aging, decreased immune function, less sleep, and poorer health behaviors.
What is the most effective treatment for anxiety?
A combination of medication and therapy.
a) dad
b) teachers
c) mom
d) grandparents
c) mom
What anxiety disorder causes you to worry about everything?
a) panic attacks
b) generalized anxiety disorder
c) phobias
d) OCD
b) generalized anxiety disorder
What disorder is characterized by feeling anxious when you are away from a family member or loved one?
Separation Anxiety
What kind of thinking is detrimental to our success?
"I cant thinking"
When it starts to get in the way of your life.
List at least 2 reasons why teens said they talked to someone about their worries.
Any acceptable answer. Could include:
Being listened to
If the person had experienced the same thing
Being believed
If the person knew how to sort out the problem
Not being judged
Keeping it confidential
Not being told off
If the person didn’t try to take control
What is a specific phobia?
When we are afraid of one specific thing. We are okay as long as we are away from that thing. (i.e. arachnophobia- fear of spiders)
What are some examples of compulsions people with OCD have? (Name Two)
handwashing/ cleaning
Counting
Repeating tasks a certain number of times, such as repeating certain words or prayers repeatedly touching things, or repeatedly checking things.
Organizing, ordering, arranging things.
Measuring
Hoarding
Seeking reassurance
Avoidance
Compulsively thinking about a certain phrase, word, or image.