Domains of Self-Care
Asking someone to please not bring up a sensitive topic or you will leave, and leaving the room if they do is an example of healthy ___________, which are a form of psychological self-care.
What are boundaries?
Deep breathing is shown to lower your ______ rate, which is beneficial for decreasing stress.
What is heart?
Over_________ can be a harmful coping mechanism, as it can lead to difficulties with weight and self-image.
What is eating?
True or False: The best time to use a coping skill is when you are overwhelmed.
What is false? (The best time to use a coping skill is before you get to the point of overwhelm, as it is more effective. That being said, coping skills can be used at any point, anywhere!)
This 1997 movie features Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as undercover secret agents who police extraterrestrials.
What is "Men in Black"?
Going to the gym, eating healthy foods, and getting enough sleep are examples of _________ self-care.
What is physical?
Utilizing coping skills like deep breathing or meditation before bed can help with _______ hygiene, which can help you rest more fully.
What is sleep?
Over_________ can be a harmful coping mechanism as it can decrease efficiency throughout the day, lead to difficulties resting at night, and prolong or worsen depression.
What is sleeping?
Five Senses is a coping skill that helps you tune in to your environment by activating your senses: Sight, touch, ______, smell and taste.
What is sound or hearing?
The only food that can never go bad.
Forgiveness and managing emotions through coping skills are examples of ________ self-care.
What is emotional?
True or False: All coping skills are beneficial.
What is false? (some coping skills are called negative coping mechanisms because they might feel good in the moment but cause more harm in the long term, like drinking alcohol or oversleeping)
True or False: Over 36 million Americans met criteria for an AUD (Alcohol Use Disorder) in 2023. AUDs are characterized by patterns of uncontrolled and problematic drinking.
What is true? (and this number may be even higher as this is only the number of people who reported these drinking patterns)
When you trace a ________ in the air or on a table, taking a deep breath in for four seconds, holding for four seconds, releasing the breath for four seconds, and holding for four seconds, this can be a helpful coping skill.
What is square?
What is 14?
Cultivating healthy, fulfilling relationships is a form of ___________ self-care.
What is social?
Eating a healthy diet is an example of physical self-care, and certain foods can help prevent _______ decline.
What is cognitive?
When someone is struggling with patterns of uncontrolled substance use, this is called a _____________ _____ ___________.
What is a Substance Use Disorder or SUD?
_________ walking is a coping skill where you walk while paying attention to your surroundings and the sensation of walking.
What is mindful?
Actor Steve Carell played this memorable character in the popular TV series, "The Office".
What is Michael Scott?
Prayer, meditation, and time spent in nature are forms of ________ self-care.
What is spiritual?
Developing our coping skills helps us build ________, which is the ability to bounce back from difficult situations and emotions.
What is resilience?
True or False: Utilizing negative coping mechanisms is considered a moral failing, and not everyone uses negative coping mechanisms.
What is false? (everyone at some point in their lives has used a negative coping mechanism, and it is in no way a negative reflection on that person. We're all human; what matters is that we strive to improve!)
_________________ _________ ____________ is a coping skill where you systematically tense and release muscle groups to promote awareness of the body and relaxation.
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
The largest desert in the world.
What is Antarctica?