Types of Skills
Name That Skill
True or False?
Misc.
Riddles
100

Taking your mind off the problem for a while is what type of coping skill?

What is Distraction?

100

Watching a movie or reading a book is what type of coping skill?

What is Distraction? 

100

True or False: Coping skills are used to avoid problems in our lives?

What is FALSE? 

Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way. 

100

What is your favorite quality of yourself? 

FREE POINTS!

100

What can you catch but not throw?

What is a Cold?

200

Treating yourself with kindness and respect means taking time to take care of your overall well-being is what type of coping skill?

What is Self Love?

200

Increasing your heart rate is what type of coping skill?

Exercise

200

True or False: Every coping skill is healthy?

What is FALSE?

Some ways that we learn to cope are not healthy for us! (ex: fighting, eating too much, running from problems, etc.)

200

Can you can calm down your body by slowing your breath?

What is Yes! 

200

What do you call a fake noodle?

What is An Impasta?

300

A self-soothing skill that is designed to immediately connect you with the present moment is what type of coping skill?

What is Grounding?

300

What is a coping skill?

What is A coping skill is something we can do to help manage our feelings or to deal with stressful situations?

300

True or False: Healthy coping skills help you focus on the important things in your life?

What is TRUE?

When we can cope with problems in our lives, it is easier to focus on everything else that is important to us!

300

How are coping skills helpful?

What is Builds confidence, manages emotions, helps us tackle challenges, etc.?

300

I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?

What is a Candle?

400

Doing nice things for others gives all kinds of different great feelings and often times causes a greater appreciation and gratitude for your own life. This skill also makes you feel part of something bigger than yourself. What type of coping skill is this?

What is Access Your Higher Self?

400

Picturing a light switch, in your mind and imagine yourself actually moving it from ON to OFF stopping the drug or alcohol thoughts and tying a rubber band loosely around your wrist, pulling the band and snap it lightly against your wrist as you say, “NO”, to the drug/or alcohol thoughts - is what type of coping skill?

Thought-Stopping Techniques

400

True or False: Coping skills are something everyone is born knowing how to do?

What is FALSE? 

Coping skills are learned throughout our lives. 

400

What makes a coping skill unhealthy?

What is If it does more harm than good to myself or others; Examples: substance use, excessively spending money, self-harm, etc.?

400

What has many keys but cannot open any doors?

What is a Piano?

500

This will help you to consider negative thoughts from multiple angles, using actual evidence from your life is what type of coping skill?

What is Thought Challenge? 

500

Meditation and yoga is what type of coping skill?


What is Mindfulness?

500

True or False: Everyone has the same coping skills?

What is FALSE?

What works for me might not work for everyone. That's why there are so many coping skills options!

500

When does a healthy coping skill become unhealthy?

What is: 

1. When it is done excessively and in a unhealthy way?

2. When it negatively affects your life?

500

Where does today come before yesterday?

What is the Dictionary?

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