Therapeutic
True or False: Stress can affect both your mind and your body.
What is true?
This coping skill involves breathing in slowly through your nose and out through your mouth to calm your body.
What is deep breathing?
What gas do plants breathe in that humans breathe out?
What is carbon dioxide?
What should you check before leaving your house?
What is keys, wallet, medications, safety (stove off)?
Saying something positive about another person to build connection is known as this.
What is giving a compliment?
What’s the practice of paying attention to the present moment called?
What is mindfulness?
This skill helps you feel safer by looking around and naming things you can see, hear, or touch.
What is grounding?
What is the fastest land animal?
What is a Cheetah?
True or False: Making your bed each morning is a healthy routine.
What is true?
This skill involves recognizing and appropriately responding to another person’s emotional experience.
What is empathy?
What’s a simple phrase you can repeat to help calm yourself?
What is an affirmation?
When you take a break from stress by doing something you enjoy, you are using this kind of coping skill.
What is a mental break/brain break?
What organ in the human body controls all other organs?
What is the brain?
What’s one way to remember your medication schedule?
What is a pillbox and phone alarm?
This boundary-setting skill helps you protect your mental and emotional space by saying what is and isn't okay.
What are healthy boundaries?
True or False: Watching the news before bed helps reduce stress.
What is false?
This coping skill helps calm your body when you focus on slowly relaxing your shoulders, hands, or face.
What is relaxing your muscles or body relaxation?
What vitamin do you get from sunlight?
What is vitamin D?
What should you do if you see water on the floor?
What is dry it to prevent slipping?
This skill means saying “please” or “thank you” when someone helps you.
What are good manners?
How many hours of sleep do most adults need each night?
What is 7–9 hours?
This coping skill helps you feel better by using kind or encouraging words toward yourself.
What is positive self-talk?
How many legs does an insect have?
What is 6?
Name one benefit of keeping your home tidy.
What is a safer space, less stress, more comfort?
This skill means asking someone, “Are you okay?” when they look upset.
What is checking on someone?