Coping Tools
What is the name of the coping tool that involves taking a very deep breath while imagining a balloon in your stomach?
Belly Breath
Name two trusted adults in your life - one who works at Goldrick and one who you interact with at home.
Answers vary by student. The team gets points if student can share two trusted adults in their lives.
Name one clue of depression that involves hunger.
Feeling a lot more or a lot less hungry than usual.
What is one similarity between depression and sadness?
Options include:
Change in appetite
Wanting to be alone
Crying or numbness
Trouble sleeping
Unpleasant feeling (sadness)
What is another word for "coping"?
Dealing or managing
What is the resource you can use to anonymously report something unsafe or concerning?
Safe2Tell
Name a clue of depression that involves sleep.
Sleeping a lot more or a lot less than usual. Nightmares. Feeling restless.
What are two differences between depression and sadness?
Depression is:
- a medical condition diagnosed by a doctor
- more severe and intense than sadness
- a feeling of sadness or hopelessness or irritability that lasts a long time
- something that impacts many areas of someone's life.
Sadness is:
- a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at some point
- more temporary than depression
- a feeling we experience when something challenging or disappointing occurs
What are positive affirmations?
Phrases or words you say to yourself to help overcome challenging feelings or situations.
What does anonymous mean?
Name a clue of depression that involves relationships.
Fighting or getting into arguments with parents, siblings, peers more than usual. Losing friends or having a hard time keeping friends. Not wanting to be around others or talk with friends.
What is stress? Can stress be a good thing?
Stress is the way the human body and mind react to a situation in life. Stress wakes up your body and helps you be alert. Stress can be a good thing or helpful in small amounts. Too much stress can be dangerous or harmful to your body.
What is the coping tool that means paying full attention to something? Hint: It's the opposite of rushing or multitasking.
Mindfulness
What is the name of the crisis resource (phone number, text number, or website) you can use to talk or chat with a mental health provider 24/7?
Colorado Crisis Services
Name a clue of depression that impacts how your body physically feels.
Headaches, stomachaches, body pains, feeling like crying a lot.
What is peer pressure? Give an example of helpful and unhelpful peer pressure.
Peer pressure is when kids your age try to get you to do something. Helpful vs unhelpful examples vary by student.
What are the three B's of coping tools?
Brain, Body, Breath
What do mental health providers do? Name one mental health provider that you know.
Some mental health providers at Goldrick are: Ms. Michelle, Mr. Louis, and Ms. Huber. Students may know providers outside of school.
different
How the human body reacts when facing something that feels dangerous. Fight means defending self (could be with words or by physically fighting), flight means getting out of of the situation (running away or escaping), and freeze means freezing up (physically unable to move or mind going blank).