Stress
(True or False) Mental stress can affect your physical health.
True
Can you name a way that your mental health might affect your physical health?
The following are examples of which coping skill?
Square, Color, Belly, 4-7-8, diaphragmatic
What are examples of Breathing Exercises?
Therapists will ask you to identify these related to things that happened
What are Feelings?
Name 2 reasons showing gratitude is important
-help others feel good
-it feels good
-improves relationships
-people are more likely to be nice in the future
This creature can live up to a week without its head
What is a cockroach?
Name 3 things that stress you out
-school work
-siblings
-parents
-cleaning/chores
This skill involved writing down our thoughts and feelings
What is Journaling?
A therapist might help you learn these to use when feeling intense emotions
What are Coping Skills?
Learning someone's L___ language can help us communicate and show we care
Only this bird can fly backwards
What is a hummingbird?
(True or False) Stress is always a bad thing.
False
Can you name ways stress can be helpful?
This type of coping skill can help when we experience a flood of distressing thoughts.
What is Grounding?
2 ways talking about a hard time be helpful
-process what's happening, figure out what upsets you
-Feel better
-not feel alone
-feel heard, cared for
-create connections
-listen with eyes, ears, and body
-Use a soft/kind voice
-offer help
-think about how they are feeling
This animal uses a pebble as an engagement ring.
What is a penguin?
This word describes a deeply distressing or disturbing experience.
What is Trauma?
This coping skill is a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations
What is Mindfulness?
2 ways talking about our relationships can be helpful
-make sure we are safe
-process conflicts
-appreciate helpful/positive moments
-learn ways to improve them
-discuss communication styles
Name 3 ways you have shown you care for someone
-telling them
-making them something
-giving a hug
-presents
-doing something for them
-asking about their day
This creature can taste with its feet.
What is a butterfly?
These are the 3 most common responses to stress or trauma. (hint: "F")
What are Fight, flight, and freeze?
Do you know the 4th "F"?
This coping skill is helpful when we have distressing thoughts or feelings or it feels like nothing else is working.
What is a Distraction?
Therapists can help us identify these in our thoughts, behaviors, and relationships
What are patterns?
Share 3 ways someone has shown they care for you
Any
This animal must turn its head upside down to eat.
What is a flamingo?