Positive Coping Skills
A melody that will occupy the mind and elevate your mood.
What is music?
Sleep has an impact on stress.
What is true? Not enough sleep can increase stress, while getting a restful night sleep can relieve stress.
Identify three positive coping skills.
Varied answers. Music, bath, exercise, games, deep breathing, etc..
What goes around the world but stays in one corner?
Taking air in through your nose and blowing it out your mouth.
What is deep breathing?
All stress is out of your control
What is false? What stress can you control? What stress can you not control?
Identify three negative coping skills.
Varied answers. Negative self-talk, biting fingernails, over eating, aggression, drugs & alcohol, isolation.. etc
What can you catch but not throw?
What is a cold?
Increasing your heart rate and releasing endorphins.
What is physical exercise?
Thoughts and feelings are not wrong, it is how we act on those thoughts/feelings that is important.
What is true?
Identify one way to relax.
Varied answers. Yoga, deep breathing, stretching, meditation, guided imagery, etc..
I have holes everywhere but I can still hold water. What am I?
What is a sponge?
A nonverbal way to express emotions and feelings.
What is art?
There are instant fixes for stress.
What is false? Explain.
Identify one stressor in your life and a positive way you could cope with that stressor.
Varied answers.
What comes down but never goes up?
What is rain?
Releasing emotions and build-up tension by talking to someone (friend/counselor)
What is venting?
You can eliminate all stress just by avoiding stressful situations.
What is false?
Identify a stressful situation in your life that you handled it in a negative way.
*DAILY DOUBLE* Varied answers
What keeps getting wet even after it dries?
What is a towel?