Symptoms
True or False
Positive Coping Skills
Negative Coping Skills
The Cycle of Anxiety
100

What is one symptom of anxiety that impacts your body?

muscle tension, upset stomach, heart racing

100

Anxiety can impact how we learn at school

TRUE...why?

100

Name one positive coping skill you can do outside

Go for a walk, play a sport, hike, swim

100

a negative way to interact with others when we feel anxious

yelling, screaming, ignoring

100

The first stage of the cycle

Anxiety
200
An queasy feeling with the urge to throw up or vomit

nausea 

200

Anxiety is something that stays with us forever

FALSE...why?

200

Name one positive coping skill you can do inside

Talk to family, read, watch a show/movie, play a game, call a friend

200

hiding in our room for the entire day because we are too anxious to see others

isolating

200

Our most common reaction when we feel anxious about something and we do not want to think about it

avoidance

300

a painful sensation in any part of my head

headache

300

Anxiety can be treated only with medication

FALSE...what else can help?

300

You inhale for a period of time and exhale for a period of time

deep breathing

300

Telling ourselves that we will never get past our worries and that we are a loser for feeling anxious

negative self talk

300

A period of time where we feel GREAT because we pushed our anxiety aside for the day

short term relief from anxiety...why is this bad?

400

feeling lightheaded, faint, or as if the world is spinning

dizziness

400

Anxiety is different from worry

TRUE...why?

400

Find a spot, make it cozy and comfortable, add calming tools or distractions to the spot, discuss how and when to use it

creating a calm down spot

400

Telling others that they are the reason we are anxious even if they are not

Blaming

400

How can we make the anxiety cycle stop?

By reframing our thoughts, using coping skills, challenging ourselves to sit with anxiety, and not letting ourselves avoid it anymore

500

pain in my abdomen that makes it difficult to concentrate

stomach ache

500

Talking about my anxiety will make it worse

FALSE...why?

500

Speaking to ourselves in a way that challenges our anxious thoughts

cognitive restructuring or reframing

500

Staying home from fun events or activities because we are too anxious about what will happen

avoidance

500

Will anxiety feel worse if we avoid it over and over and over? Can we avoid it forever?

Avoiding anxiety does make it worse! If we ignore the problems to get short term relief, we aren't challenging ourselves to overcome the anxiety. We cannot avoid anxiety forever and will eventually have to use positive coping skills to manage it.

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