Anxiety Facts
Everyone feels this emotion sometimes.
Answer: What is anxiety?
Sweating and a fast heartbeat are examples of these.
Answer: What are physical symptoms?
Taking slow deep breaths can help with this.
Answer: What is anxiety?
“Something bad is definitely going to happen” is an example of this.
Answer: What is a negative thought?
Getting enough of this can help lower anxiety.
Answer: What is sleep?
Avoiding things that make us anxious can make anxiety do this.
Answer: What is get worse?
Worrying a lot is this type of symptom.
Answer: What is a thought/cognitive symptom?
Name one coping skill for anxiety.
Answer: What is deep breathing / listening to music / talking to someone / grounding?
Thinking only in extremes like “good” or “bad” is called this.
Answer: What is black-and-white thinking?
Drinking too much of this can make anxiety worse.
Answer: What is caffeine?
Anxiety is our body’s way of trying to keep us this.
Answer: What is safe?
Avoiding school or people because of anxiety is this type of symptom.
Answer: What is a behavior symptom?
This grounding skill uses your 5 senses.
Answer: What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
Expecting the worst possible outcome is called this.
Answer: What is catastrophizing?
Looking at phones late at night can make this harder.
Answer: What is sleep?
True or False: Anxiety always means danger is real.
Answer: What is false?
Something that causes anxiety is called this.
Answer: What is a trigger?
This coping skill involves paying attention to the present moment.
Answer: What is mindfulness?
These are actions people do to feel less anxious, like always needing reassurance.
Answer: What are safety behaviors?
Stress can affect this part of the body by causing tension.
Answer: What are muscles?
The cycle that keeps anxiety going through avoidance is called this.
Answer: What is the cycle of avoidance?
Name the 3 types of anxiety symptoms.
Answer: What are physical, thought/cognitive, and behavioral symptoms?
Practicing coping skills regularly makes them easier to use during this.
Answer: What is stress or anxiety?
These are unhelpful thinking patterns.
Answer: What are cognitive distortions?
Name one healthy sleep habit.
Answer: What is going to bed on time / limiting screens / relaxing before bed?