Feelings and Emotions
This emotion often hides beneath anger.
Sadness or fear.
More than just a bad day, this mood condition causes a persistent feeling of sadness, low energy, and a loss of interest in activities you used to enjoy.
Depression
This coping skill involves writing down every stressful thought in your head onto paper or a notes app just to get it out of your system.
Journaling
This professional listens, supports, and guides mental health treatment.
Therapist or Counselor
This is the recommended number of hours of sleep for teens.
8-10 hours
This powerful emotional tool involves stepping into someone else's shoes to truly feel, understand, and share what they are going through.
Empathy
This common condition involves constant, overwhelming worry, a racing heart, and a feeling of dread about everyday situations.
Anxiety
This physical trick lowers your heart rate by inhaling for 4 seconds, holding for 4, exhaling for 4, and holding for 4 again.
Box Breathing
This therapy skill teaches you to be fully present in the current moment and aware of where you are and what you are doing, without being overly critical or judgmental of what's going on around you.
Mindfulness
Spending just 10 to 15 minutes doing this in the morning naturally resets your circadian rhythm, boosts your mood, and increases Vitamin D.
Sunlight (or getting outside)
This common, modern feeling involves a mix of anxiety and FOMO when you realize you aren't being included in your friends' weekend plans.
Loneliness
This specific type of anxiety involves an intense, persistent fear of being watched, judged, or embarrassed by others during everyday social interactions like talking in class or eating in the cafeteria.
Social Anxiety
This quick mindfulness trick helps stop a panic attack by naming things you can see, touch, hear, smell, and taste to bring your brain back to the present moment.
Grounding (5-4-3-2-1 Method)
This psychological term describes the constant internal conversation or narration going on inside your own head throughout the day.
Inner Monologue
This common response involves reaching for your favorite snacks or junk food to temporarily cope with a bad day or stress.
Comfort foods/eating
What is the difference between jealousy and envy?
Envy- wanting what someone else has.
(Example 1: wanting a friend's new car) (Example 2: you admire a friend's public speaking skills and want that trait).
Jealousy- fear of losing someone or something you already have to a perceived threat. (Example 1: you get upset when a new classmate is flirting with your partner. Example 2: You feel anxious when your best friend starts spending all their weekends with a new friend.)
This neurodevelopmental condition can make it incredibly difficult for a person to focus, stay organized, sit still, or control impulsive behaviors.
ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
This method includes imagining a peaceful scene or setting.
Visualization
Completely accepting reality as it is without judging, resisting, or fighting what you cannot change.
Radical Acceptance
This coping mechanism involves turning off social media notifications or deleting apps for a weekend to lower your social anxiety and FOMO.
Digital Detox
What is the difference between guilt and shame?
Guilt- feeling bad about a specific action or mistake you made
Shame- feeling bad about who you are as a person (more intense)
Body Dysmorphia
This mental tool involves catching a toxic thought like 'I ruin everything' and intentionally changing it to a realistic one like 'I messed up this time, but I can fix it.
Reframing
What are the 4 automatic nervous system responses?
Fight
Flight
Freeze
Fawn
This self-awareness habit involves using an app or journal to log your daily highs and lows, helping you spot patterns in what triggers your stress.
Mood tracking