Coping Skills
You use books to do this coping skill.
Reading
The irrational and persistent feeling that people are 'out to get you' and you feel suspicious of others
Paranoia
______ is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It may also cause you to feel tired or lack energy.
Depression
Someone who you do therapy with.
A therapist
An example of an UNHEALTHY coping skill:
Fighting, Drug/ Alcohol Use
When someone is seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, or feeling things that aren't really there.
Hallucinations
A mental health condition that's caused by an extremely stressful or terrifying event — either being part of it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety and uncontrollable thoughts about the event. Somebody develops the disorder after experiencing trauma.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Somebody who prescribes medication.
Psychiatrist/ Doctor
This coping skill is good for you mentally and physically.
Exercising
A belief or altered reality that someone has that is untrue. The person will continue to think it is true even if there is evidence against it.
Delusion
This is a disorder that is associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic or hypomanic highs.
What/ who is a resource you can rely on if you are struggling with mental health?
Family, Friends, Doctor, Therapist, etc.