Stress
The way in which our body responds to the environment and relationships with other people. It is a part of everyday life.
What is stress
When you _____ your memories are consolidated and stored, your ability to concentrate is restored and your muscles repair and recover.
What is sleep
Being aware and mindful of what is happening in the present moment.
What is mindfulness
Any positive words directed to other people.
What is words of affirmation
In stressful situations it means to approach the situation in a positive way and think that the best is going to happen, not the worst
What is positive thinking
Stress that comes from within yourself
What are internal stressors
Eating lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains and protein foods, choosing plant foods more than protein foods, Limiting processed foods, but remembering that if you have them, remember to eat them in small amounts and replacing sugary drinks with water are examples of a _____ ______.
What is a healthy meal
Name a resource that you can use to access meditation guides.
What is YouTube videos, Headspace app etc.
Words that you can say to yourself, which you can remind yourself of during stressful situations.
What are self-affirmations
The messages that our brain sends to us through chat form, that can be positive, negative or neutral.
What is self-talk
What are the differences between negative stressors and positive stressors?
Negative stressors: leave you feeling helpless, tired and frustrated (bad stress)
Positive Stressors: motivate you to deal with a challenge or accomplish a task
Name a way you can be physically active if you don't play sports.
What is walking, biking, running, taking a dance class, helping your parents with chores, following a YouTube exercise video etc.
An experience and exercise that helps you be more aware of your thoughts and be in the present moment. It usually involves a form of deep breathing.
What is meditation
Language which places focus on the individual and not the issue or disability that the person may have.
What is person first language
Patterns of anxious thoughts or negative thinking patterns that make you worry about a situation.
What are thinking traps
Our bodies developed this response in order to flee predators in prehistoric times for survival.
What is the flight or fight response
Name a health benefit of exercising.
What is any of:
1.Lowers stress
2.Improves your mood
3.Improves your fitness
4.Increases your concentration
5.Improves your self-esteem
6.Opportunities for socializing
7.Better sleep!
What are 2 ways to practice mindfulness?
What is a mindfulness journal, meditation, deep breathing exercises, being mindful of daily tasks and others
What are ways that you can provide words of affirmations to other people?
What is giving compliments, encouragement, acknowledging how well someone has done something, kind words, emotional support
How would you reshape this negative thought to a positive thought?
"I'm always late to school. I'll never be early to class"
Name one hormone that your body releases when you are stressed.
What is adrenaline, cortisol or dopamine
Fill in the blanks.
Having a _____ _____ is just as important as having a ______ ______.
Having a healthy mind is just as important as having a healthy body.
What are 2 benefits to being mindful and using meditation?
Hint: think about your physical body and your mental health
What is any 2 of:
1.Less stressed out, less feelings of anxiousness
2.Better sleep
3.Enhances your self-awareness
4.Improves your mental health and wellbeing
5.It helps you be more focused
How would we use precise and person first language to describe a "deaf person"
What is a person who is deaf or a person with a hearing disability
Thinking only of possible outcomes at either extreme (really good or really bad) and not seeing all the possible outcomes in between. Most of life is somewhere in the middle.
Hint: It is one of these three thinking traps: all or nothing thinking, negative brain filter and fortune telling
What is all or nothing (black and white thinking)