Coping Skills
Taking accountability for your actions is a positive coping skill... true or false?
TRUE!
Accountability acts as a coping skill because it gives adults a structured way to take ownership of their actions, which builds self‑control, reduces avoidance, and creates a feedback loop that supports emotional regulation and problem‑solving.
Chart-topping singer who publicly shared her bipolar II diagnosis.
Mariah Carey
Mental or emotional strain caused by challenging situations.
Stress
Identifying my _______________ can help me with relapse prevention. (2 possible answers)
Triggers
Warning Signs
Global tennis champion who opened up about her battle with depression after winning Wimbledon in 2010.
Serena Williams
Inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, exhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds is known as what?
Square breathing // Box breathing
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art - diagnosed with bipolar and depression
van Gogh
Feeling worried or nervous about future events or uncertainty.
Anxiety
Stress management and emotional regulation are types of...
Coping skills
Fromer NFL tight end whose brain damage heavily impacted his frontal lobe, the region of the brain responsible for impulse control, decision-making, and emotional regulation.
Aaron Hernandez
Maladaptive coping can look like...
Using substances Self-harm
Fighting/Violence Risky behaviors
Blaming others Rumination
Isolating
16th U.S. President who experienced severe and recurring clinical depression.
Abraham Lincoln
Activities and practices that maintain or improve one's mental health.
Self-care
___________ is the ability to turn your attention inward and recognize your own thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and patterns.
Self-awareness
The most decorated Olympian of all time, who has been very open about his personal experience with depression and anxiety, as well as his mental health history.
Michael Phelps
Name 3 positive activities that can be done for the mind AND body.
Stretching Walk/Run
Yoga
Sports
Exercise
Actor who has openly discussed his battles with depression.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Referring to a cue—such as a sound, smell, memory, bodily sensation, or situation—that activates a learned emotional or behavioral response.
A trigger
Haloperidol, Zyprexa, Zoloft are all forms of what kind of psychopharmacological tool?
Psychotropic medication
Taking your medications is a tool to managing mental health!
Seven-time Olympic medalist in gymnastics who withdrew from 5 events in 2020 Olympics to prioritize her mental health.
Simone Biles
When I am triggered by an event or another persons' behavior, I should avoid it/them at all costs. True or False?
FALSE!
Avoidance is a maladaptive coping mechanism. Instead, you could: journal about it, talk it out, ask for support, do a meaningful activity, etc.
Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose life with schizophrenia was chronicled in A Beautiful Mind.
John Nash
Professional guidance to improve mental health and wellbeing.
Therapy
When feeling down, depressed, overwhelmed, etc. - the FIRST thing a person should do is what?
Acknowledge your emotions without judgment. It’s normal to feel sad, fatigued, or unmotivated, and accepting these feelings is the first step toward coping effectively!
Basketball star who had an on-court panic attack and openly advocates for anxiety, depression and men's mental health.
Kevin Love