Mental Health
True or False: Everyone has mental health, even if they don't have a mental health diagnosis.
true
What recovery principle means taking responsibility for your actions and choices?
accountability
This life skills involves planning how income will be used for rent, food, transportation, savings, and other expenses.
budgeting
True or False: Isolation can be a warning sign that someone's mental health or recovery is getting off track.
True
This coping technique involves slowly breathing in and out to reduce physical tension and emotional arousal
Deep Breathing
What is the name of the famous vampire who lives in Transylvania?
Dracula
An emotion that is often described as a secondary emotion because it can cover up hurt, fear, embarrassment, or sadness.
anger
The term for a person, place, situation, thought, or feeling that increases the urge to use substances.
trigger
This skill involves organizing appointments, responsibilities, work, treatment, and free time.
time management
This is the recovery term for returning to alcohol or drug use after a period of abstinence or recovery
Relapse/return to use
This coping strategy involves temporarily leaving a stressful situation so you can calm down before responding
Taking space/ a time-out
In A Nightmare on Elm Street, what is the name of the killer who attacks people in their dreams?
Freddy Krueger
A term for repeatedly thinking negatively about yourself, such as "I'm a failure" or "I can't do anything right"?
Negative self-talk
A strong desire or urge to use alcohol or drugs is called.
craving
This communication style involves clearly expressing your needs while respecting the rights of other people.
assertive communication
These are people you can contact when you're struggling, such as a counselor, sponsor, peer, family member, or trusted friend.
Support system
This coping skill involves focusing your attention on the present moment instead of worrying about the past or future.
Mindfulness
What candy was once marketed under the name “Chicken Feed”?
Candy corn
A mental health skill that involves noticing where you are, what you can see, hear, feel, smell, or touch to bring yourself back to the present moment.
grounding
A recovery tool that identifies triggers, warning signs, coping strategies, and actions to take before returning to substance use.
relapse prevention plan
Limits that a person establishes to protect their time, safety, emotional well-being, and recovery.
Boundaries
This skill involves recognizing that a situation is becoming dangerous to your recovery and leaving before it gets worse
Avoiding/removing yourself from a high-risk situation
In the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique, what number of things do you identify that you can SEE
Five
What does the word “Halloween” derive from?
“All Hallows’ Eve”
A CBT skill that involves identifying an unhealthy thought and replacing it with a more realistic or balanced thought.
cognitive restructuring/reframing
Early changes in thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that may indicate someone's recovery is beginning to get off track.
Warning signs
This type of goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
SMART goal
This term describes a situation in which exposure to people, places, emotions, or circumstances creates and increased risk of substance use.
High-risk situation
What DBT skill means accepting reality as it currently exists, even when you don't like or approve of it
Radical acceptance
Before pumpkins became popular in America, what root vegetable was commonly carved in parts of Ireland and Scotland?
Turnip