Coping Skills
The act of listening to a melody or tune to help you change the way you are feeling
What is music?
Being present and not focusing on the future or past
What is being mindful?
I can only control my actions
What is True?
Someone in a car yells at you while you are walking on the street. The car drives away and you cannot say anything back to the person, how do you cope?
What is use my coping skills
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
What is a piano
You take air in through your nose and blow it out through your mouth
What is deep breaths?
Moving your legs and arms quickly and working up a sweat
What is exercising?
You do not have to feel sad ever
What is False?
Your roommate comes in at midnight being loud and turning on lights, what will help you calm down?
What kind of band never plays music?
What is a rubber band?
When you want to remove yourself from the situation for a short period of time
What is take break or time-out?
Placing a small round digestible object into your mouth
What is taking my prescribed medication?
Taking time for yourself each day is essential to coping with things you are struggling with
What is True?
A friend keeps interrupting you while you are at lunch together and it is beginning to frustrate you, what do you do?
What is use "I" statements to express how I am feeling to the person who keeps interrupting?
It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
What is your name
Squeezing and tensing your muscles then releasing the energy
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
Speaking to a professional about our problems
What is talking to a therapist or TC?
You can stop yourself from getting angry
What is False?
The topic in group is giving you stress and you feel like you will explode, what do you do?
What is tell the group leader how I am feeling so I can prevent myself from exploding?
A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?
Going outside, moving your legs, and getting some air
What is take a walk?
Writing my thoughts and feelings down in a blank book
What is journaling?
Going on a walk, listening to music, and taking deep breathes are all coping strategies to help us calm down
What is True?
There is a health pandemic that is preventing you from doing most of your major coping skills, what do you do?
What is use my coping skills, such as:
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
What is your breath