Self-Care and Coping Strategies
This practice, often associated with meditation, involves staying present and aware without judgment.
What is mindfulness?
This organ controls your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is the brain?
This mood disorder is characterized by prolonged feelings of sadness and loss of interest in activities.
What is depression?
This emotion can be triggered by danger and activates the body's fight-or-flight response.
What is fear?
This therapy technique is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts by interrogating and uprooting negative or irrational beliefs.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
Getting at least 7–9 hours of this every night can help regulate mood and improve mental health.
What is sleep?
When you're scared or stressed, your body goes into "fight or flight" mode, controlled by this system.
What is the nervous system?
This disorder is characterized by persistent, excessive worry about everyday things.
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
This emotion can be healthy when expressed constructively but can lead to aggression when unmanaged.
What is anger?
This type of therapy involves gradual exposure to feared objects or situations in a safe manner to reduce anxiety and avoidance.
What is exposure therapy?
This relaxation technique involves tensing and then slowly releasing different muscle groups to reduce stress and anxiety.
What is progressive muscle relaxation (PMR)?
A deficiency in this neurotransmitter is linked to depression, and many antidepressants target it.
What is serotonin?
People with this disorder experience extreme mood swings, including manic and depressive episodes.
What is bipolar disorder?
This complex emotion combines feelings of worry, nervousness, and unease, often about an uncertain future.
What is anxiety?
This type of negative thinking, common in anxiety and depression, involves assuming the worst will happen.
What is catastrophizing?
This technique helps people change negative thought patterns by looking at situations from a more positive or balanced perspective.
What is cognitive reframing?
This "feel-good" neurotransmitter is linked to pleasure and reward.
What is dopamine?
This neurodevelopmental disorder is characterized by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
What is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
This feeling often occurs after a loss or disappointment and can involve sadness and withdrawal.
What is grief?
This is a goal setting technique that helps you define your intentions and put them into practice. Using this goal setting technique can give you a sense of ownership to help you stay motivated to make positive and long-lasting changes.
What are SMART goals?
This structured daily routine technique helps people with depression maintain consistency in their activities.
What is behavioral activation?
This part of the brain helps you make decisions and control emotions.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This disorder can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event and may involve flashbacks, nightmares, and hypervigilance.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
This feeling arises when someone recognizes they’ve done something wrong and can lead to self-reflection.
What is guilt?
This therapy technique developed as an adaptation of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and aims to help individuals gain insight into and accept difficult emotions, learn strategies for regulating intense feelings, enhance interpersonal relationships, and cultivate mindfulness for increased overall well-being.
What is dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)?