Coping skills
What is the most common coping mechanism?
Breathing exercises
What is mental health?
Mental health is your mental condition
What is the disorder called when you need everything to be perfect?
OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder
Children don’t experience mental health issues
Myth, everyone can experience mental illnesses
Why are coping mechanisms good?
Because they help us with everyday life.
In a group of 5 people how many have mental illnesses?
1
What are the symptoms of depression?
Feeling sad, extreme mood changes, confused thinking, withdrawal from friends etc.
You can recover from mental illness
Fact, people can become better and some may fully recover
Name a coping skill
Answers Vary
What are the 2 websites you should go to if you need help?
2-1-1 and Kid’s help phone
What does PTSD mean?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
People with mental illnesses are prone to violence
Myth, people with mental health issues aren’t more prone to violence
What are bad coping mechanisms?
Self harm/substance abuse
Why is there stigma against mental illness?
There is stigma because people didn’t understand them. They couldn’t cope for it because people thought it was bad.
What are the most common eating disorders?
Anorexia, Bulimia and binge eating
People with mental illnesses aren’t successful
Myth, people with mental health illnesses have the same success rates as people who don’t have them
List 3 coping mechanisms
Answers Vary
Why should you seek help with your mental illness?
Because your mental condition could get worse.
What are the 7 types of mental illnesses?
Mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, psychotic disorders, eating disorders, trauma related disorders and substance abuse disorders
Mental health issues have nothing to do with laziness
Fact, people with mental health issues aren’t more lazy then people who do not have them