Mental Health
What is self-care?
Intentional actions to protect, maintain, and improve your physical, mental, and emotional health.
What are coping skills?
The conscious tools and thoughts that people use to manage stress, painful emotions, and hard situations.
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Name two struggles you have faced with ADHD
Any ADHD related struggle is acceptable-- time blindness, organizational skills, social struggles, medication adherence, etc.
True or False: You should only take your medication when you have a test at school or on days you really need to focus?
False
Describe root-work
Root work in therapy is getting to the underlying issues that maybe causing certain behaviors, attitudes, and actions.
What is your go-to coping skill?
Tell us... music, drawing, exercise, or something else
Name at least two goals of CBT
CBT focuses on challenging and changing unhelpful thoughts,
improves emotional regulation,
and the development of personal coping strategies
What is time blindness?
The inability to perceive, track, or estimate the passage of time accurately. Time blindness is often linked to ADHD
ADHD medication helps you focus and slow your brain down in order to effect what aspects of the brain?
Your thinking and executive functioning (memory or functioning)
What is one way you can advocate for yourself at school this school year?
Any answer related to self-advocacy at school is accurate
What is resilience?
Resilience is the ability to push through and do hard things even after failure or not feeling motivated to do so.
What are cognitive distortions
Cognitive distortions are irrational, exaggerated, or false thinking patterns such as all-or-nothing thinking, catastrophizing, and overgeneralization.
People with ADHD can remember things that happened long ago, but may have trouble with these kinds of memories.
Short term memories
Why is it important to you to take your medication as prescribed?
Any answer in your own words is acceptable
While these particular things are compelling, they are not always reliable because they distort reality and may negatively affect how we behave.
FEELINGS
What is a support system? What constitutes your support system?
Those people or activities that help
What is emotional reasoning?
Believing that because you feel a certain way, your negative feelings are the absolute truth (I feel unlovable, therefore I am unlovable).
This hormone is released in the body when we're under a lot of stress and is part of the fight or flight response.
Cortisol
Why is regular exercise, a good sleep routine, and balanced diet important for people with ADHD?
These boost brain chemicals, stabilize energy, and improve focus. These daily habits help control core symptoms like inattention, impulsivity, and mood changes.
What is important to remember when you become angry (name at least two)?
Stop and think before acting.
Respond don't react!
Practice your coping skills (deep breathing, positive self-talk)
Expressing good things from your day or your life is a coping strategy known as?
Gratitude dude!
What do you do when your thoughts become overwhelming?
Any honest answer is acceptable
Exercise, mindfulness, therapy, getting enough sleep, proper diet, positive friendships, positive coping skills
True or False: Medication and therapy are the most successful tools in dealing with mental health challenges
TRUE