MIND GAMES/PUZZLES
You are trapped in a room with three doors in front of you, out of which only one promises your escape.
Behind DOOR 1 is Jackson—a serial killer with antisocial personality disorder, ready to murder if you dare enter.
A raging fire, which when touched would burn you to ashes, lies behind DOOR 2.
Finally, DOOR 3 cages a ferocious lion who hasn't hunted in about 3 weeks.
Which door will you choose, and why?
Door 3, since the lion would be dead after not hunting for so long.
What part of the brain is responsible for identifying facial emotions like sadness or fear?
Amygdala
The more you remove from me, the larger I become; miners dig and children play, and with every scoop I grow. What am I?
A hole
Nina washes her hands until her skin burns, afraid that every doorknob hides invisible danger. Even when she knows it’s irrational, she can’t stop. What is she suffering from?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Identify the name of the movie and the disorder suffered by the boy shown in the clip.
Name of the movie : Taare Zameen Par
Disorder : Dyslexia
You have one matchstick, a candle, a lamp, and a fireplace. What do you light first?
The matchstick
The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for reacting to stressful events and bodily arousal(speeding things up) is called the ______________ nervous system.
sympathetic
You carry me when you’re alive and lose me when you’re gone; I am borrowed every day but never owned. Who am I?
Your breath
Rahul's constantly restless, can’t sit through a class, blurts out answers, and loses things all the time—even though he tries. What could possibly be wrong with him?
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
Name of the movie : Hichki
Disorder : Tourette Syndrome
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it take before all the pills have been taken?
You smell cookies baking and remember your grandma’s house. Which part of the brain helps you remember?
the hippocampus
You can hold me in your hand, though I’m not an object; I’m more precious than gold when true and worthless if bought. What am I?
Trust
Rita's always terrified of small spaces—elevators, tunnels, or locked rooms—even when she knows she’s safe. What is the name of the condition she's suffering from?
Claustrophobia
Identify the movie and the central theme shown in the clip.
Emotional regulation/well-being
Ramu was a shepherd who had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many lived then?
A student can’t speak properly after a brain injury but can understand words. Which brain area is likely to be damaged?
The Broca's area.
I am taken before I am given, yet once you have me, you cannot give me back. What am I?
Promise
A college student insists the walls of her dorm “breathe” and whisper her name at night. She’s certain her roommate is plotting against her, though no one else notices. Her grades drop as she spends nights talking to “the voices.”
What mental disorder causes her to lose touch with reality and hear voices others can’t?
Schizophrenia
What is the name of the movie, and what is the condition the little girl Renee suffers from as shown in the clip?
Autism
Andy is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window. The window is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He won’t be able to get any food or water and only has two days to escape, or he’ll die. Andy can’t dig a tunnel because it will take him much longer than two days to do it. How will Andy escape from the cell?
Andy has to use the shovel to create a pile of dirt under the window so he can climb up onto it and escape from the cell.
The lead investigator comforts a crying child witness; a wave of warmth and bonding emotion floods her system due to this “love hormone.” What could be this hormone?
Oxytocin
I arrive at the same time for all yet no two people hold the same; I mark an ending and sometimes a start. What am I?
Time
She wakes up in a park miles from home with unfamiliar clothes and makeup. Strangers greet her by a different name. Her last memory was sitting at her desk doing homework.
What disorder could explain her missing time and new identity?
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Which movie has the clip been taken from, and what are its central theme(s)?
mental health/self-discovery/the importance of therapy/self-love