Recognize it
Name one place in your body where you feel worry?
Stomach, head, arms, anywhere where you feel worry in your body
This is a coping skill that helps calm your body and relax your muscles and get your thinking brain back in control
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
Name 2 people you can talk to if you're feeling worried
parents, teacher, social worker, friend, etc...
Challenge this thought using proof against this thought
"I am horrible at giving presentations in front of people"
What evidence could you say to challenge this thought
You have given presentations in the past and done well, any piece of evidence against that thought
True or False: Changing your thoughts from unhelpful/negative to helpful/postive takes practice
True: It takes pratice and time to change your thoughts
You are worried about not being able to see your friends and worried about when you will see them next. Name one thing you can do to deal with the situation?
Talk to your friends on the phone, via zoom, think of all the fun things you could do with them n the future, talk to your parent, any one thing you can do
They get bigger
True or False: Everyone worries
TRUE: Some worry or anxiety is normal and healthy and everyone feels this way sometimes.
Challenge this thought...
This math is too hard for me. I'll never figure it out
multiple answers
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
When we get REALLY worried or anxious the _______ part of our brain takes over (hint: not the thinking part).
Feeling
True or False: It is important to have 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:
Worry about parents being away for the night
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
Sara is feeling very nervous about falling behind in school due to not having classes right now and is worried about how she will do in school next year. Name two thing she can do to deal with the situation?
Any two things she can do, talk to an adult, challenge unhelpful thoughts, practice hw sheets, any two things she can do
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
Here is the situation:
You can't be in school right now and are worried that you will fall behind in your work.
Hints: What are facts that show you can handle this, what are things in your control?
multiple answers accepted
Think of an unhelpful/negative thought you've had and change it to a positive/helpful thought.
Any 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,