Stress
True or False?
People experience external and internal pressures. Internal pressures to “get it right this time.” Some may be impatient with their recovery, wanting to get better right away. Others may feel guilty about the time they wasted during their addiction. Pressures can be good or bad.
True
What movie is this quote from: "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
Forrest Gump
Which coping strategy involves writing about personal thoughts and feelings to promote emotional processing and reduce stress?
Journaling
True or False?
Defense mechanisms are purely conscious and deliberate strategies used to confront anxiety, stress, and cope with internal conflict.
Defense Mechanisms are psychological strategies that are usually unconsciously used to protect oneself from unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. They help reduce anxiety and stress by distorting reality.
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?
Breath
A stressor is something in the world that makes a demand on a person. Stressors are an event, a person, a law, a rule, or a request that requires a person to react in some way. What is Stress?
Stress is an internal reaction to the demand of stressors
What is the British rock band known for their songs, "Stairway to Heaven" and "Whole Lotta Love"?
Led Zeppelin
What is the term for the practice of focusing one's awareness on the present moment while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, often used as a coping strategy for stress?
Mindfulness
The refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling does not exist, or choosing to look away from the problem, is what common defense mechanism?
Denial
What has a head and a tail, is brown, but has no legs?
A Penny
There are 3 types of Stressors; One is Pressures. What are the other 2 types?
Frustrations and Conflicts
What is a group of crows called?
A Murder
What term is used to describe the practice of intentionally focusing one's attention away from stressors and toward something more positive or engaging?
Distraction
Defense mechanisms are a way of avoiding your true feelings. They tend to crop up as a way to protect ourselves when we feel vulnerable. What is the first step to overcoming them?
Building Self-Awareness and Accepting that you’re using them in the first place
I am not alive, but I can grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Fire
An individual’s reaction to stress usually goes through three stages. Name one stage.
Alarm (about the stressor), Resistance (to the stressor), and Exhaustion
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Skin
What is the technique called that involves tensing and relaxing of your muscles to reduce stress and promote relaxation?
When a person who has hostility, resentment, or anger towards someone else and will “get even” in a subtle, nonverbal way, such as pouting, procrastinating, spreading rumors, subtle sabotage, or use of sarcasm. What type of behavior/defense mechanism is this?
Passive-Aggressive Behavior
I'm always in front of you, but you will never see me. What am I?
The Future
What hormone is often referred to as the "stress hormone"?
Cortisol
What is the first full length animated movie ever released? (hint: a Disney movie)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released in 1937
What are 2 types of breathing exercises that are often used to reduce stress and anxiety?
Deep Breathing Techniques such as Diaphramic Breathing, Box Breathing, 4-7-8 Breathing, Lion's Breath
Putting something into a different light or offering a different explanation for one’s perceptions or behaviors in the face of a changing reality; when a person uses rational arguments to justify sinful behavior and/or avoiding dealing with traumatic memories, is which defense mechanism?
Rationalization
I am often running, but have no legs. You need me, but I don't need you. What am I?
Water