Coping Skills
This type of coping skill involves focusing on your breathing to calm your body.
What is deep breathing?
This kind of thought helps you try your best by saying, “I can do it” or “I’ll try again.
What is a positive thought?
This feeling might make your heart beat fast when you try something new or feel unsure.
What is nervous?
Taking a short pause to calm down—like counting to ten—is an example of this.
What is taking a break?
This activity involves playing music loudly and singing along like no one is listening.
What is karaoke?
This helpful coping skill means talking to a trusted person—like a parent, friend, or teacher—when something feels too big to handle alone.
What is asking for support?
Believing you can read someone’s mind, even though you can’t, is this distortion.
What is mind‑reading?
This feeling might show up when something good happens, and it makes you want to smile.
What is happy?
This action means choosing something that helps your body or heart feel better, like deep breathing or drawing.
What is choosing a coping skill?
This colorful arc appears in the sky after rain.
What is a rainbow?
This unhelpful coping response happens when you yell, slam doors, or take your anger out on others instead of expressing emotions calmly.
What is reacting aggressively?
When your mind tells you something negative without any proof, it’s this kind of thought.
What is an unhelpful thought?
This feeling might happen when you miss someone or something.
What is sad?
This behavior includes practicing small habits that support emotional health daily.
What is self‑care?
This sweet treat melts on a hot day and comes in many flavors like chocolate or strawberry.
What is ice cream?
This unhelpful coping skill is when you pretend nothing is wrong and hope the problem disappears.
What is avoiding?
This term refers to helpful statements you intentionally tell yourself.
What are positive affirmations?
This feeling can happen when something unfair happens or someone crosses your boundary.
What is anger?
This action means doing something kind without being asked, like holding a door open.
What is being helpful?
This animal is known for its slow speed and loves to hang from branches.
What is a sloth?
This helpful coping skill is when you tell yourself something encouraging, like “I can get through this.”
What is positive self‑talk?
This thinking mistake happens when you assume something bad will happen even without proof.
What is jumping to conclusions?
This feeling appears when you do something hard and feel good about yourself.
What is pride?
Going straight into action without thinking it through, like reacting too quickly, is this kind of behavior.
What is being impulsive?
This cartoon sponge lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Who is SpongeBob SquarePants?