True or False
Positive Coping Skills
Negative Coping Skills
Celebrities
Riddles
100
Every one has mental health.
True. Your mental health can change day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute, but everyone has mental health.
100
Writing your thoughts and feelings on paper.
Journaling?
100
Using substances to help cope with emotions
Substance abuse.
100
This daytime talk show host and voice of an animated forgetful fish has opened up about her struggles with depression
Ellen DeGeneres
100
What can you catch, but not throw?
A Cold
200
If someone in your family has a mental illness, you will also be diagnosed with a mental illness.
False. Although some illnesses seem to have a genetic link, just because someone in your family has a mental illness does not mean that you will have one, too. Everybody has their own genetic makeup and you are an individual.
200
Being active can boost your feel-good endorphins and distract you from daily worries.
Exercise.
200
A state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society.
Social isolation.
200
This Olympic swimmer was diagnosed with ADHD at age 9 which made it hard for him to concentrate in school
Michael Phelps
200
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
300
If you’re feeling sad one day, you are depressed.
False. If you’re sad one day you are having a poor mental health day and you can do things to cheer yourself up like exercising, getting outside and doing something you love to do. One day of feeling sad does not mean you are depressed.
300
Making light of a stressful situation may help people maintain perspective and prevent the situation from becoming overwhelming.
Humor
300
For some people, this takes the form of overeating whereas, for others, it takes the form of severely restricting their calorie intake.
Eating disorders
300
This classical composer was diagnosed with a serious case of Bipolar disorder - which is characterized by periods of extreme highs and extreme lows.
Beethoven
300
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A stamp
400
It’s easy for children and young people to talk about their feelings
False. Nearly ¾ of young people or 20 in every class of 30 are afraid of the reaction of their friends if they talk about their feelings.
400
This coping mechanism involves identifying a problem that is causing stress and then developing and putting into action some potential solutions for effectively managing it.
Problem-Solving
400
Jumping to conclusion
Catastrophizing
400
This female superstar who is married to Jay-Z has struggled with depression
Beyonce
400
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom
500
There’s not much you can do to help a friend with a mental health problem.
False. It’s important to be a good friend and be kind, even when our friends are grumpy or sad. It will help them a lot to know that you are still their friend.
500
A set of techniques that are intended to encourage a heightened state of awareness and focused attention.
Meditation.
500
the action of delaying or postponing something.
Procrastination
500
Singer of My Mind & Me was recently diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder
Selena Gomez
500
When is a door no longer a door?
When it’s ajar.