I Feel That
Heart racing, face flushed, hands sweating
What is fear?
THIS part of the brain is the part responsible for rational thinking and decision making
What are the frontal lobes?
Managing racing thoughts and anxieties by expressing them in written form.
What is journaling?
All stress is out of our control
What is false? There are many things that cause us stress that we have some control over.
The emotion most commonly associated with the color Red
What is anger?
Feeling hot, hands clenched, jaw tight
What is anger?
It is commonly said that THIS age is when your brain finishes growing and the frontal lobes are fully developed
What is 25?
Taking the time to be conscious of your body, your thoughts, and your surroundings
What is mindfulness?
Only people who have experienced really big or bad things can say they have traumatic stress.
What is false? Trauma comes in many forms and someone can be traumatized without going through a major catastrophe.
The emotion most commonly associated with the color Yellow
Heaviness, body aches, sinking feeling
What is depression?
When we experience emotions, what we are really experiencing is the brain doing THIS
What is prediction?
Spending time with other people to build connections
What is social support?
Stress is both a mental and a physical experience and can be helped in both ways
What is true? Both mental exercises and physical can help manage and reduce stress.
The color Blue can be associated with several emotions, with one of the most common being THIS, as represented in the Pixar movie Inside Out
What is sadness?
Cheekbones raised, relaxed posture, warmth in chest
What is happiness?
Trauma is typically experienced and processed not by our logical brain, but by THIS part of our brain.
What is the emotional/sensation brain?
Focusing on one or more of your five senses in order to increase feelings of connection to reality. Often used in the context of anxiety and dissociation
What is grounding?
Regular physical activity is one of the best things you can do to reduce and manage stress
A color most commonly associated with Disgust
What is Green?
Nose wrinkled, stomach turning, eyebrows furrowed
What is disgust?
When we repeat an action, the brain lays down neural pathways for WHAT reason?
What is making it easier to repeat that action?
A process of controlled breathing where you inhale, hold, exhale, and hold, all for equal amounts of time
What is box breathing?
Feeling stress is bad and dangerous for our health
What is false? Some levels of stress are actually beneficial to our wellbeing. It is when stress becomes severe or long-lasting that it becomes dangerous.
This is a color often used to represent Peace or Serenity
What is White?