Key Terms
Recognizing how you and others feel in various situations.
Identifying Emotions
Coping strategy designed to connect a person with the present both physically and mentally.
Grounded
A group of strategies that youth can use to regulate their own emotions and remain calm when they are feeling a strong emotion.
Coping Toolbox
What's a common technique to reduce stress?
Deep Breath
What was the first toy advertised on TV?
Mr. Potato Head
Any emotion that you feel intensely; the emotion washes over you and you feel as if it takes over your ability to think clearly and make decisions.
Strong Emotion
What was the number of seconds in order for the breathing technique?
4-7-8
A visual representation of something that has meaning.
Symbolism
When is Mental Health Awareness Month observed?
May
The art of tie-dyeing comes from which continent?
Asia
The act of imagining different scenes while listening to soft music in an effort to calm the mind and body.
Guided Imagery
The mean and hurtful things said to yourself when something bad happens, like getting a bad grade or in a fight with a friend. Negative self-talk can make you feel even more hurt, sad and frustrated if not addressed.
Negative Self-Talk
What was the 5 Sense Grounding technique?
5 things you SEE
4 things you can FEEL
3 things you HEAR
2 things you can SMELL
1 thing you can TASTE
Best way to support someone struggling?
Listen without judgement.
What is the only sport that has been played on the moon?
Golf
Specific and learned ways to deal with our feelings that support our well-being and our relationships with others.
Coping Strategies
Being aware and present to our surroundings, thoughts, feelings and emotions; commonly used as a coping strategy.
Mindfulness
Ability to recognize feelings and identify an appropriate response option.
Emotional Regulation
A neurotransmitter linked to happiness?
Serotonin
What is the only letter that does not appear in any US state name?
Q
The supportive, encouraging and motivating things you say to yourself to make you feel happy and help you to continue moving forward.
Positive self-talk
A plan to guide youth in identifying possible coping strategies to use when they are feeling strong emotions.
Self-care plan
What is the most common type of mental illness in the United States?
Anxiety
First step to seeking help?
Talk to someone you trust.
Which 2004 indie film inspired a yearly festival held in the Idaho town where it was filmed, featuring a tater tot eating contest?
Napoleon Dynamite