Coping Skills
True or False
Consequences
Name The Feeling
Just for fun
100

What is a coping skill? 

An effective way to deal with uncomfortable emotions or situations

100

Coping Skills are used to avoid problems in our lives 

FALSE 

Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way

100

What are the outcomes of using healthy coping skills?

We feel better

100

You might feel this way if you have a job interview you did not get to prepare for

Nervous

100

What goes up but never comes down

Your age

200

Define "healthy coping skills".

Coping skills that are not harmful to you or others.

200

Coping skills help you focus on important things in your life

TRUE

When we cope with problems and our emotions, it helps us think more clearly and tackle them better 

200

What happens when you isolate to cope with your feelings?

You could feel alone, increased depression symptoms etc.

200

You might feel this way if someone mistreats you unfairly

Angry

200

What gets wetter the more it dries

A Towel

300

Define "unhealthy coping skills".

Coping skills that are harmful to you or others, and/or keep you from effectively addressing your needs

300

Every coping skill is healthy


FALSE

Some ways we learn to cope are not healthy (e.g., like fighting or using substances or avoidance)

300

What are some consequences for using unhealthy coping skills?

You can get in trouble, you can feel like everything is crashing down on you, which is overwhelming, you can hurt people and lose friendships, etc.

300

You might feel this way if you had to sit alone during lunch

Lonely

300

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

A clock

400

Name 4 healthy coping skills you can use here at the day program

Deep breathing

Talk to staff member

Take a Walk

Draw or Journal 

400

Coping skills are something everyone is born knowing how to do

FALSE

Coping skills are learned throughout our lives

400

What are the healthy consequences for using healthy coping skills?

You can feel understood and you can understand others better, you don't hold onto grudges

400

You might feel this way if you see other people with something you want but do not have

Jealous

400

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

The future

500

Name 3 unhealthy coping skills

Using harmful substances 

Physical/Verbal altercations

Avoiding an issue


500

Unhealthy coping skills are still coping skills

True

There are both healthy and unhealthy coping skills; the key is to knowing which are which, and utilizing healthy ones.

500

How do you avoid using unhealthy coping skills

Distract yourself from the urge, talk to someone, remove yourself from the situation, or take a break

500

You might this way when you are surprised with a trip to Disney World. 

Excited

500

What is the end of everything?

The letter "g"