True or False
Exercise can boost your mental health.
True. Exercise releases a bunch of “feel-good” chemicals in our body that help us fight against sad days or days when our mental health seems not-so-positive.
To put your thoughts down on paper.
What is journaling
unwillingness or inability to share one's feelings with others.
Social Isolation
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3
What is the richest nut?
A cash-ew
If you have a mental illness you have it for life.
False. Some mental illnesses will need to be managed throughout your life, but some illnesses are treatable and you are able to conquer them.
To use your creativity to paint, draw, or write.
What is art
negative internal thoughts about one's self or, more specifically, about one's behaviors or attributes.
Self-criticism
Where is a cows sweat glands located?
The nose
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has T in it?
A teapot
If you’re feeling sad one day, you are depressed.
False. If you’re sad one day you are having a poor mental health day and you can do things to cheer yourself up like exercising, getting outside and doing something you love to do. One day of feeling sad does not mean you are depressed.
A group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines that originated in ancient India, aimed at controlling and stilling the mind.
Yoga
trying to maintain a below-normal weight
Anorexia
When is mental health awareness day.
October 10th
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
Medication for mental illness is bad.
False. Many mental illnesses require medication to help with recovery. Just like you take ibuprofen for a cold or flu, medication prescribed by a doctor or psychiatrist can be used to help treat a mental illness.
A short practice for settling the mind, intended for doing in the middle of the day, wherever you are out in the world.
Meditation
When you use alcohol or drugs in this way to manage symptoms of a mental health issue.
Self medicating
A blessing is the name given to a heard of this mythical creatures.
Unicorn
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
You can tell if someone has a mental illness.
False. Mental illnesses are not visible illnesses, you cannot “see” them. In fact, many famous people you know have diagnosed mental illnesses including Dwayne Johnson, Beyonce, Ryan Reynolds and Adele.
a non-pharmacological method of deep body relaxation, based on the premise that muscle tension is the body's psychological response to anxiety-provoking thoughts and that muscle relaxation blocks anxiety
progressive muscle relaxation
the act of purposely hurting oneself (as by cutting or burning the skin) as an emotional coping mechanism
Self-Harm
True/False: All stress is out of your control.
What is false
If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine!