Mental Health
This is the fight or flight emotion that helps you react to danger but can become unhealthy when constant.
What is anxiety?
This mineral, found in dairy and leafy greens, helps keep your bones strong.
What is calcium?
This type of thinking helps you challenge negative thoughts and replace them with positive or realistic ones.
What is cognitive reframing (or positive thinking)?
This long-term process involves developing strategies to prevent relapse, build life skills, and maintain well-being.
What is recovery?
This is the largest continent on Earth by land area.
What is Asia?
The practice of focusing on the present moment and being aware of your thoughts and feelings without judgment.
What is mindfulness?
This type of exercise, like walking or jogging, strengthens your heart and lungs.
What is cardiovascular exercise (or cardio)?
This breathing technique involves inhaling for 4 seconds, holding for 4 seconds, exhaling for 4 seconds, and pausing for 4 seconds — often used to manage anxiety.
What is box breathing?
Breaking down larger objectives into manageable steps and focusing on each one is called this.
What is goal setting (or stepwise planning)?
The force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
This word describes taking care of your emotional, physical, and mental well-being, often through rest, hobbies, and boundaries.
What is self-care?
This is the term for maintaining proper cleanliness and personal care to stay healthy.
What is hygiene?
This skill involves identifying things you can control versus things you cannot and focusing your energy on what you can change.
What is acceptance or control-based coping?
Reflecting on your strengths, weaknesses, and triggers helps you develop this quality, which improves decision-making and coping.
What is insight?
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What are footsteps?
This is what you experience when you feel mentally and emotionally exhausted, often from long periods of stress or caregiving.
What is burnout?
This is the number of minutes adults are encouraged to exercise most days of the week.
What is 30 minutes?
When someone uses activities such as drawing, music, or journaling to release emotions safely, they are using this type of coping skill.
What is expressive coping (or creative expression)?
Writing down your objectives, breaking them into steps, and tracking your progress helps build this important skill for success.
What is self-discipline (or goal management)?
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
What is True?
This is the ability to recover quickly from challenges or setbacks.
What is resilience?
Too much of this sweet ingredient in foods and drinks can lead to weight gain and health problems.
What is sugar?
This grounding technique uses the senses to reduce anxiety by naming five things you can see, four you can touch, three you can hear, two you can smell, and one you can taste.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique?
Listening actively, reflecting back what you hear, and responding without judgment is a key part of this communication skill.
What is active listening?
I go up but never come down. What am I?
What is your age?