Coping Skills
The proper way to breathe is not with your chest but with your.....?
Diaphragm
Characterized by at least two weeks of low mood, loss of interest and motivation, changes in sleep, lack of concentration, and possibly, thoughts of self-harm/suicide
What is Depression?
All stress is bad stress.
FALSE
Thinking and feeling like you are being threatened in some way, even if there is no evidence, or very little evidence, that you are.
What is Paranoia?
A cold
What involves the tensing of the muscles then releasing for relaxation?
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
Characterized by intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear. May feature racing thoughts, rapid heartbeat, shallow breathing, sweating, and muscle tension.
What is Anxiety?
Grounding is a healthy way to temporarily distract yourself from negative emotions.
TRUE
A period of abnormally elevated, extreme changes in mood, behavior and activity and energy level
What is Mania?
Which weighs more? A ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh a ton!
There are coping skills that address the problem directly and coping skills that address the problem indirectly by dealing with the emotions. What are these two categories of coping skills called?
Problem-Focused Coping Skills & Emotion-Focused Coping Skills
What is Schizophrenia?
Mental health can change over time.
TRUE
Fixed and false beliefs that contradict reality. The beliefs are not true, yet persistent.
What are Delusions?
I have holes in my top, bottom, left, right, and middle but I can still hold water. What am I?
A sponge
Positive, kind, and encouraging phrases or statements you can say to yourself to help you get through distressing situations.
What is Positive Self-Talk?
Characterized by difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying, shocking, scary, or dangerous event. It may feature nightmares, flashbacks, an exaggerated startle response, or avoidance of situations.
What is PTSD?
The body's physiological stress reaction is commonly referred to as FLIGHT, FIGHT, or FORGET response.
FALSE
Sensory experiences, such as visions, sounds, or smells that seem real but are not. These things are created by the mind.
What are Hallucinations?
Sam's mother had 3 children. She named the first one Penny, the second one Nicky. What did she name the third one?
Sam