Self-Care
Scientists typically say teens need 8-10 hours of this
What is the recommended amount of sleep each night?
GAD
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Teens should drink about 8 cups of this per day.
What is water?
The fear of social situations.
What is Social Anxiety?
The stage of sleep when your brain creates dreams.
What is REM or Rapid Eye Movement?
Regular writing habit to organize thoughts and express feelings.
What is journaling?
TIPP
What is Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
The nationwide crisis number for mental health in the U.S.
What is 988?
The common name for feelings of depression that coincide with the seasons changing.
What is seasonal depression?
This type of light from screens can negatively impact your sleep cycle.
What is blue light?
This type of breathing uses the visualization of a four-sided shape to induce a relaxation response.
What is box-breathing?
DBT
What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy?
This month is Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S.
What is May?
Common symptoms of this can include fidgeting and difficulty paying attention to things that are not interesting or stimulating.
What is ADHD?
This part of the brain is underdeveloped in teen years and does not finish developing until about 25 years of age.
What is the frontal lobe?
This mineral found in sweet potatoes, kale, and bananas helps reduce stress.
What is potassium?
ANTs (found in CBT)
What are Automatic Negative Thoughts?
This therapy rule means information stays private unless there’s a safety risk.
What is [Limits of] Confidentiality?
The fear of crowded, public spaces.
What is agoraphobia?
This part of the brain controls memory and learning.
What is the hippocampus?
These chemicals, released during exercise, are nicknamed "feel-good chemicals" and are associated with elevated moods.
What are endorphins?
SAD
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
This is the most common mental health disorder in the United States.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
A type of anxiety disorder whose primary symptoms is elevated physical symptoms like shallow and fast breathing, involuntary clenching of fists, and sweating.
What is Panic Disorder?
Stress is mainly caused and regulated by this hormone.
What is cortisol?