Coping Skills
This skill requires a radio, mobile device, ipod, or concert.
What is listening to music?
A feeling often linked to crying.
What is sadness?
Talking with a professional about your thoughts and feelings.
What is therapy/counseling?
Talking and listening without interrupting is called this.
What is active listening?
This planet is between Mars and Saturn.
What is Jupiter?
Walking, swimming, jogging, lifting weights, using a treadmill, and playing sports are examples of this coping skill.
What is exercise?
The emotion that prepares your body for fight-or-flight.
What is fear/anxiety?
A short setback in progress is called this.
What is lapse?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!!
Saying "no" respectfully is an example of this
What is setting a boundary?
This number is the square root of 144.
What is 12?
Writing or typing thoughts and feeling down.
What is journaling?
A common emotion that hides hurt or sadness.
What is anger?
Staying sober or using skills over time is called this stage.
What is maintenance?
A group of people you can call when you need help.
What is a support system?
This social networking site was launched in 2004 by a group of college roommates and classmates at Harvard.
What is Facebook?
This coping skills involves increasing blood flow to muscles, which can improve circulation, improving flexibility, and reducing soreness.
What is stretching?
Double Jeopardy!!
Feeling understood by someone else.
What is empathy?
Noticing what triggers your stress of symptoms helps with this.
What is prevention/relapse prevention?
A healthy relationship is built on this
(hint: 5 letters)
What is trust?
True or False: Personality weakness of character flaws cause mental health problems. People with mental health problems can snap out of it if they try hard enough.
False! Mental health problems have nothing to do with being lazy or weak and many people need help to get better. Many factors contribute to mental health problems, including: -Biological factors, such as genes, physical illness, injury, or brain chemistry -Life experiences, such as trauma or a history of abuse -Family history of mental health problems
A relaxation skill where you focus on the present, without judgment.
What is mindfulness?
The skill of noticing and naming what you feel.
What is emotional awareness?
Celebrating small steps of progress is called practicing this.
What is self-compassion?
Understanding and respecting your own needs is part of this.
What is self-respect?
What is a therapeutic process that focuses on changing present thoughts, behaviors, and feelings?
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy?