Fight/Flight/Freeze
When you ignore or run away from your problems, get restless, fidgety, feeling trapped
Flight
This involves inhaling/exhaling oxygen to your lungs at maximum capacity
Deep breathing
This is feeling sick to your stomach and may involve vomiting
Nausea
What has hands and a face, but can’t hold anything or smile?
A clock
What is the biggest ocean in the world?
The pacific ocean
Glaring, tightening your muscles, moving towards people in threatening way
Fight
This can be helpful to do if you are feeling overwhelmed by any big emotion. (Hint: It involves something cold and wet and it's normally done in a bathroom or in the kitchen).
Splash ice cold water on your face or dunk your head in ice water.
Being stressed may cause these to be tense
Muscles
Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
The word “short.”
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars
Feeling disconnected from yourself, frozen, numb, spacy, or “not here”
Freeze
What is something you can do with your hands to help you relax?
Squeeze a stress ball, draw, play with putty, or fidget, etc.
Name 5 symptoms/signs of high anxiety/panic attacks
FAST BREATHING, SWEATY, HOT FACE, TREMBLING, CHEST TIGHTNESS, LIGHTHEADED, RACING HEART, ETC.
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside
A keyboard
What is the biggest state in the US?
Alaska
This is the part of your brain that goes offline during times of high stress
"Smart" brain or frontal lobe
What is something you can tell yourself when you feel anxious to feel better?
"I can handle this!"
"I have been anxious before and it was okay"
"This feeling will pass"
"All anxiety goes away eventually, I just need to ride the wave of this feeling"
Name one chemical that your body sends out during your fight/flight/freeze response to give your body energy to respond to stressful situations
Cortisol and Adrenaline
What has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
A river
Who wrote the famous play "Romeo and Juliet"?
William Shakespeare
Name 5 examples of stressors kids face that trigger fight/flight/freeze response
FRIENDS, SCHOOL, RELATIONSHIPS, DEADLINES, FITTING IN, FAMILY CONFLICT, FEARS, ETC.
What is grounding and what is a grounding technique you can use when you feel stuck in your thoughts?
Grounding is way to help bring your mind back to the present moment. This can involve some or all of your five senses. A good example to use is the 5-4-3-2-1 method.
Besides fight/flight/freeze, you may experience a 4th effect called?
Fawn
Examples of Fawn would be:
• • Trying to take care of or “fix” someone else’s feelings instead of focusing on your own.
What instrument can you hear but never see?
Your voice
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River (Though some debate it with the Amazon River depending on how it's measured.)