Mental Health
This mental health condition often involves excessive worry about everyday things.
What is anxiety?
This coping skill involves focusing on your breathing to calm your body.
What is deep breathing?
This is the term for needing more of a substance to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
Getting 8–10 hours of this is important for teen health.
What is sleep?
his thinking pattern sees things as all good or all bad.
What is black-and-white thinking?
This is the term for losing interest in activities you used to enjoy.
What is anhedonia?
This technique encourages you to focus on the present moment without judgment.
What is mindfulness?
This happens when someone feels sick after stopping a substance.
What is withdrawal?
This type of self-care involves maintaining friendships and connections.
What is social self-care?
This distortion assumes you know what others are thinking about you.
What is mind reading?
This type of thinking assumes the worst possible outcome will happen.
What is catastrophizing?
This coping strategy includes writing down your thoughts and feelings.
What is journaling?
This part of the brain is responsible for decision-making and is still developing in teens.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This self-care habit includes eating balanced meals regularly.
What is proper nutrition?
This is when you blame yourself for things outside your control.
What is personalization?
This mental health condition can include extreme mood swings between highs and lows.
What is bipolar disorder?
This type of coping involves reaching out to someone you trust.
What is seeking support?
This is when someone continues using a substance despite negative consequences.
What is addiction?
This is setting limits to protect your time and energy.
What are boundaries?
This distortion involves expecting failure before trying.
What is fortune telling?
This is the ability to bounce back from difficult situations.
What is resilience?
This grounding technique uses your five senses to reduce anxiety.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 method
This category of drugs slows down the central nervous system.
What are depressants?
This type of activity includes exercise and movement.
What is physical self-care?
This is exaggerating the importance of negative events.
What is magnification?