Riddles
Positive Coping Skills
True/False
Negative Coping Skills
Scenarios
100

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

The Future

100

What are 4 healthy coping skills we can use when we feel anxious?

-deep breathing

- mindfulness

-exercise 

-talk to someone about it, etc.

100

Feeling anxious can make your tummy hurt or make it hard to fall asleep

What is true


100

Do negative coping skills make anxiety worse?

YES

100

The cashier at the store shorts you a dollar in change, what is a healthy way to cope? 

Talk it out with them in a calm manner. 

200

Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?

The Map

200

Breathing with long breaths especially as a method of relaxation is called what? 

 deep breathing 

200

No thought or feeling is wrong in itself, it is what we do with it that really counts. 

What is true

200

What is the act of avoiding and distancing yourself from others called?

Isolation

200

Someone is trying to argue with you, what is a healthy way to cope? 

Use "I feel statements", stay calm and talk it out, compromise, walk away. Lots of correct answers. 

300

Mr. Blue lives in the Blue house. Mrs. Yellow lives in the Yellow House. Mr. Orange lives in the orange house. Who lives in the White House?

The president

300

To put your thoughts down on paper

What is journaling

300

Taking time for yourself each day is essential to coping with lifes pressures

What is true

300

When you run away from your problems and not want to confront them head on. It is called what?

 Avoidance

300

You have been studying really hard for a test. When you see the test your brain goes blank and you can't remember anything. What is a strategy you can use? 

Deep breathing and positive visualizations 

400

 David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle and…?

David

400

Squeezed in the hand and manipulated by the fingers to help relieve stress

What is a stress ball

400

All stress is out of your control 

What is false

400

When you talk to someone rudely and you don't agree with them you are doing what?

 Arguing 

400

Someone is in your face yelling, how can you deal with this situation in a healthy and productive manner? 

Walk away, wait until the person calms down before trying to talk to them 

500

What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?

Trouble

500

_______ is when you think about what is really true instead of what you're afraid might happen

using Logic 

500

All stress is bad stress

False
500

This type of breathing makes anxiety worse

panting/ quick shallow breaths 

500

Its been a rough day and your friend just keeps cracking jokes and not taking anything serious.. are they coping in an healthy way? 

Yes, they are using humor
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