Coping Skills
Physical Sensations
Scenarios
Bengals Facts (duh!)
T/F
Anxiety Facts
100

What coping skill involves breathing in, holding, and out for 4 seconds each?

diaphragmatic breathing, square breathing, deep breathing

100

What is the worst anxiety symptom you experience?

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100

Sam is feeling anxious about a test coming up. What is one thought she may have about herself because of her anxiety?

I'm going to fail. I'm not smart enough. I am a failure.

100

who is the Bengals starting QB?

Joe Shiesty Burrow

100

T or F: Anxiety is purely thought-based and has no emotional component

F: Anxiety includes both thoughts and feelings

200

What coping skill involves finding items in the room of the colors of the rainbow?

color grounding

200

What is the most manageable anxiety symptom you experience?

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200

Mark is starting at a new school and is worried about not knowing anyone. What are some thoughts he may have?

I'm a loser. I am alone. I have no friends.

200

How many times have the Bengals won the Superbowl?

Zero
200

T or F: Avoidance is the easiest but most harmful way to address being anxious

True

300

what coping skill involves naming things that are in the room that are connected to your senses?

5 senses grounding skill

300

What is one physical sensation of anxiety that involves something increasing or elevating

heart rate increasing, sweating, rapidly tapping your leg, etc.

300

Kea is anxious because she has to do a presentation in front of the class. What are some maladaptive/bad behaviors she may engage in to deal with the anxiety?

Don't prepare, freeze up during the presentation, skip class = AVOID

300

How many times have the Bengals APPEARED in the Superbowl?

3

300

T or F: Anxiety Disorders are the most commonly diagnosed disorder in the US

True

400

What coping skill involves systematically going through parts of your body and tensing and relaxing each muscle group?

Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR)

400

What is one physical sensation associated with anxiety that involves something stopping or decreasing

stomach drop feeling, getting chills, mind going blank, etc.

400

Max is worried about making friends this year. His best friend moved over the summer and he is now mostly alone at school. What is one maladaptive/bad way he may respond to his anxiety?

sit alone at lunch, sit in the back of the classroom, avoid talking to new people, etc.

400

What number does Trey Hendrickson wear?

91

400

T or F: The goal of therapy is to completely remove anxiety

False. It is to learn how to better address and manage anxiety

500

what coping skill involves using an acronym to alter or shift your current experience to be more pleasurable?

IMPROVE/ACCEPTS

500

Give me a physical sensation associated with extreme panic

hyperventilating, hiding/isolating, harming self, etc.

500

Mia answers a question wrong in class and worries that everyone thinks she's an idiot and is judging her. What cognitive distortion is this an example of?

mind reading

500

Who is the Bengals all time leading receiver?

Chad Ochocinco Johnson

500

T or F: Anxiety is always a bad thing

F: Anxiety can be helpful if it is manageable and helps keep us safe or motivates us