Coping Skills
Listening to this on the radio or CD player may help cope in times of trouble.
What is music?
A mental illness with symptoms including auditory and visual hallucinations
What is schizophrenia?
Activity requiring physical effort to improve health and fitness
What is exercise?
What is my name and position here at NUWAY?
Joyce, Counselor
Mental or emotional strain from everyday pressures
What is stress?
A life skill in which one collects photos or images and words and places them in a book in a creative way
What is journaling
A mental illness marked by periods of emotional highs and lows
What is bipolar disorder?
A substance prescribed by a doctor for medical treatment
What is medication?
A group of individuals including parents, siblings, and other relatives
What is family?
Visual or auditory perception of something that is not there
What is a hallucination?
Writing this may help get thoughts on paper. Sometimes the words rhyme.
What is poetry?
A mood disorder marked by sadness, inactivity, and changes in appetite
What is depression?
Practices to care for your bodily health and well-being
What is personal hygiene?
A group of individuals with similar experiences and characteristics
What are peers?
A natural desire to satisfy a bodily need for food. Changes in this can sometimes be a symptom of relapse.
What is appetite?
You can do this on the tv to take your mind off troubles. Ex: Trolls, Frozen 2, Star Wars
What is watching movies?
A chronic condition characterized by difficulties with attention, hyperactivity, and impulsive behavior
What is ADHD?
The care of yourself without medical or professional assistance
What is self care?
A person trained to give guidance to other people in recovery Ex: Melissa
What is a peer recovery specialist?
A rapid change in mood
What is mood swing?
Techniques developed to help one cope with everyday life pressure
What is stress management?
A mental illness marked by emotional instability and severely distorted self-image
What is borderline personality disorder?
Time spent in quiet thought for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness
What is meditation?
Individuals who provide each other with encouragement, comfort, and advice
What is a support group or network?
Inability to sleep
What is insomnia?