Recognize it
Name one place in your body where your worry might show up?
What is deep breathing, taking deep breaths
True or False: Challenging our unhelpful thoughts will help us be able to see the situation in a more helpful way
True: Challenging our thoughts will help us look at it from a different perspective
Change this thought to a more helpful thought
"I am going to mess up this project"
any helpful thought
True or False: Avoiding and escaping the situation are helpful ways to solve a problem
False: Avoiding and escaping the situation will not help solve the problem and only reinforce your worry
Name two situations where you have experienced worry before
any place or situation you have experienced worry
This is a coping skill used to express your emotions and let someone know how you are feeling
Talking to someone
Challenge this thought using proof against this thought
"If I don't turn the page in my book, a war will happen"
What is one challenging piece of evidence that shows this statement might not always be true?
BONUS: WORTH 600 points
You turning a page in a book will not cause nor stop a war; any piece of evidence against that thought
True or False: Changing your thoughts from unhelpful to helpful takes practice
True: It takes pratice and time to change your thoughts
You have lots of homework due which makes you feel really worried. What could you do to make yourself feel better?
Create a homework diary, talk to your parents, talk to your teacher.
Name one way you can recognize you are having an unhelpful thought?
Any one way
True or False: All coping skills are helpful
FALSE: not all coping skills are helpful, some are helpful and some may be unhelpful such as avoiding or escaping
Name two facts that show you can handle this situation?
I am worried about the upcoming test in my math class
Any two facts that show you can handle it or have in the past
Change this thought to a more helpful thought using the words "I will"
"the rest of this year is going to be horrible for me"
Any helpful thought using the word "I will"
True or False: All problems have easy solutions
False: not all problems will have easy solutions, some will be difficult to solve
True or False: It is always easy to recognize when we are feeling worried
False: sometimes it might be challenging
True or False: It is important to have a "tool kit" or multiple coping skills that help you calm down for different situations
TRUE: it is important to have different coping skills that can help you in different situations, or times
Name the most likely outcome for this situation:
Worried about sitting alone at lunchtime
Any most likely outcome
Change this thought with a more helpful thought with the word BRAVE in it
"Being away from home makes me too nervous, I'll never be able to do fun things"
Any helpful thought with the word BRAVE in it
I have a nasty cough and need to go to the doctors. I am worrying about what they will say. What type of worry is this?
Hypothetical.
Name two ways you can recognize that you are feeling worried
your head hurts, body is shaking, thoughts hard to get out of your head or any two ways you recognize worry
Name two coping skills that help you the most when you are feeling worried
Any two coping skills you can use
Challenge it:
I am going to have an asthma attack
I do not have a asthma and I will not have an asthma attack.
Change your own unhelpful thought with two different helpful thoughts you could say instead
BONUS WORTH 1000 points!
Any two more helpful thoughts
Come up with your own problem or problem that you have had in the past related to worry and name two things you did or could do to solve it.
Any two steps/skills that could you deal with the problem,