Categories of Substances
Stimulants
Inhaling with long breaths, especially as exercise or a method of relaxation.
Deep Breathing.
Relating to or arising from a person's surroundings.
Environmental.
A temporary state of mind or feeling.
Mood.
Treatable types of mental health disorders that affect a person's brain and behavior, leading to their inability to control their use of substances.
Substance Use Disorders.
A category of substances that reduce arousal and stimulation. They affect the central nervous system, slowing down the messages between the brain and body.
Depressants
An activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.
Exercise.
A mental state brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure.
Emotional.
A shocking, scary, or dangerous experience that can affect someone emotionally and physically.
Traumatic Event/Experience.
Mental health disorders characterized by feelings of worry, unease, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities
Anxiety Disorders.
A category of substances that produce changes in perception, thought, and feeling, ranging from distortions of what is sensed (illusions) to sensing objects where none exist
Hallucinogens
A practice of mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Meditation.
Involving, relating to, or emphasizing the way of acting.
Behavioral.
The limits and rules we set for ourselves within relationships
Boundaries / Personal Boundaries.
Mental health disorders characterized by persistently melancholy mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
Depressive Disorders.
A category of substances that produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce a psychoactive, or mind-altering, effect.
Inhalents
Writing down your thoughts and feelings as you navigate everyday life.
Journaling.
Affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and emotional state of a person.
Psychological.
Confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect.
Self-Esteem or Self-Worth.
Any of a range of mental conditions in which there is a persistent disturbance in the consumption of nutrients and impairment of physical and/or mental health.
Eating Disorders.
A category of pharmaceutical drugs that are permitted to be dispensed only to those with a medical prescription.
Digesting and integrating information from experiences we've had.
Processing.
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An increased likelihood of developing a particular disease or disorder based on a person's hereditary makeup.
Genetic Predispostion.
The absolute minimum resources necessary for long-term physical well-being.
Basic Needs.
Mental health disorders that involve experiencing a loss of connection between thoughts, memories, feelings, surroundings, behavior and identity.
Dissociative Disorders.