It's Only Automatic
An immediate reaction to danger (real or perceived)
What is the Flight or Fight Response
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties--ie bouncing back
What is Resilience?
Mental and emotional strain resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances causes ________
What is stress?
It can be caught but cannot be thrown
What is a cold?
True or False: Mental Health is only associated with a mental health issue which must be diagnosed by a medical provider
What is false?
When the body is stressed, these tense up as a way of guarding against injury and pain
What are muscles?
A feeling of happiness that comes from appreciation and being thankful
What is gratitude?
Extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain is a result of this kind of stress
What is distress?
Name the two things that you can never eat for breakfast
What are lunch and dinner?
SHOW:
Deep Breathing
What is slow breathing in through nose and out through mouth, with breaths going so deep that that the diaphragm expands?
This hormone is produced during high stress situations and energizes the body to take action
What is adrenaline?
An action, Informal or formal, that keeps us focused on the present
What is mindfulness?
List three physical signs of stress
What are aches/pain, nausea, dizziness, headaches, frequent colds, low energy, poor sleep. indigestion, appetite changes, rapid heartbeat?
You have only one match and enter a room in which there is a kerosene lamp, stove, oil burning furnace and a candle which one would you light first?
What is the match?
True or False: Poorly controlled levels of cortisol are associated with mental health disorders like anxiety and depression
What is True?
During stressful situations, this becomes shallow which reduces the amount of oxygen to our bodies.
What is breathing?
Jumping to Conclusions, Confirmation Bias, and All or Nothing Thinking are types of ________ ______
What are thinking traps?
List three mental signs of stress
What are irritability, worry, overwhelmed, confusion, frustration, impatience, depression, anxiety, poor concentration
When you say this word it disappears
What is silence?
True or False: Personality weakness or character flaws cause mental illness
What is false?
Known as the “stress hormone,” it adapts the body to stress, but in high levels can cause weight gain, high blood pressure, digestive problems and fatigue.
What is cortisol?
It is a primary factor in creating love, trust, encouragement, support and reassurance.
What are positive relationships (social wellness)?
Moderate or normal psychological stress interpreted as being beneficial for the experiencer is known as this kind of stress
What is Eustress?
Many have heard me, but no one has seen me and I will not speak back unless spoken to. I am an ______
What is an echo?
A positive "I am" statement. SHOW
What is Positive Affirmation?