True or False
Stress Vocabulary
Individual Coping Skills
Group Coping Skills
100
You can reduce stress. 

TRUE: Getting enough sleep, and eating healthy, and exercising on a day to day basis can reduce stress.

100

Learning to organize your time. 

Time-management

100

Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness

Exercise

100

Any organized activity in which people work out as a group

Group Exercise

200

Mindful breathing can help reduce stress. 

TRUE: The more you practice, the better you will become at reducing stress. 

200

Anything that causes stress, in day to day life

Stressor

200

Something you will make outlining all of the things that you need to complete. 

To-do list

200
A form of psychotherapy in which a group of people meet to describe and discuss their problems together under the supervision of a therapist.


Group Therapy

300

You should talk to someone if you are stressed and possibly want to harm yourself. 

TRUE: talking to a friend or trusted adult can help to keep you safe.

300

Stress associated with long term problems that are beyond a person's control

Chronic Stress

300

To stop doing something for a short period of time. 

Take a break. 

400

Stress can save your life. 

TRUE: Think about the amygdala response in a threatening situation. 

400

This response refers to involuntary physiological changes that happen in the body and mind when a person feels threatened. This response exists to keep people safe, preparing them to face, escape, or hide from danger.

Fight, Flight, or Freeze

400

One of the most commonly named coping skills amongst 7th grade students. 

Listening to music. 

500

Coping mechanisms can be used repeatedly and reduce stress with the same effect. 

FALSE: Sometimes you need to use different coping skills at different times for the best effect. 

500

A physical reaction the results from stress rather than an injury or illness

Psychosomatic Response

500

To speak or write to someone because you need support or advice from them. One of the most difficult things to do. 

Ask for help. 

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