Mental Health
What is traumatic stress?
Traumatic stress is a normal reaction to an abnormal event, such as a violent act, a serious injury, a sexual violation, or other shocking life event.
What is spiritual bypassing?
A healthy faith or spiritual practice can serve as a protective factor in navigating daily stressors and traumatic events. It is important that we face stressful events from a grounded perspective which faith can offer us. It can be easy to avoid reflection or difficult emotions with the use of spirituality and religion – this is called spiritual bypassing.
This is the act of believing someone is better than someone else based on the color of their skin.
Colorism
Name 4 groups offered at the Imani Center and the counselors that facilitate them. This group does not count.
Whats Your Plan - Latoya
Mindfullness - Teri
Empower You - Kelli
Life Skills - Donea
Kaleidoscope - Zandra
Men In Transition - Michael
Fun in Recovery - Donea
Recovery Process - Kelli
This part of your nervous system helps you to calm down after fight or flight (activation). It also regulates digestion and breathing. Hint: para....
Parasympathetic Nervous System.
What does the watermelon represent in Black American culture?
freedom and liberation
What is body positivity?
Body positivity is a movement that advocates for the acceptance of all bodies, regardless of size, shape, appearance, or health status. It emphasizes the importance of individuals feeling positive about their bodies and promotes the idea that beauty and health come in many different forms.
Name the 4 African Countries that start with the letter B
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Benin
What is the difference between up-regulation vs down-regulation?
down - regulation is used to decrease activation (anger, anxiety) in response to a stressor. up -regulation is used to increase a response when someone shuts down in response to a stressor (numb, disassociated).
What is intergenerational trauma?
the transmission of trauma's effects across generations, where a person's traumatic experiences impact their descendants' mental and emotional well-being without them directly experiencing the original event.
What are the chemicals released in the brain during exercise and movement?
dopamine, endorphins
Where was Jean Michel Basquiat born?
Brooklyn, New York
What are the one of the needs listed on the Maslow Hierarchy of needs?
physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem and self actualization
What types of movement might occur at the cookout?
dancing, playing cards, double Dutch, running
Stretch, warm shower, dim lights, gospel/jazz/R&B playlist, prayer or meditation, gratitude list, lavender or familiar scent, turning the phone face down, setting clothes out for the morning, or calling a supportive person earlier in the evening instead of at bedtime.
What is the name of the Portland Trail Blazers mascot?
Blaze the Trail Cat
What are the common symptoms of depression?
low mood, thoughts of death, changes in appetite, changes in weight, social isolation, low self esteem, restlessness, insomnia or other changes in sleep
Name one misconception about mental health that exists in your community.
open
What are 3 signs of an unhealthy relationship?
peer pressure, using intimidation, using isolation, emotional abuse, denying and blaming, sexual coercion, coercion and threats, using social status
source: power and control wheel
What is the Black population in Oregon? hint: the # or percentage
Black or African American residents make up approximately 5.7% to 5.8% of Portland, Oregon's population, numbering over 36,000 to 51,000 people depending on whether single-race or multi-race demographic measures are used.