Mental Health Basics
This neurotransmitter is often called the “feel-good” chemical and plays a role in mood regulation.
What is serotonin?
This legal substance is the most commonly abused in the U.S.
What is alcohol?
This spooky emotion often masks deeper feelings like fear or shame.
What is anger?
This grounding technique might help you feel less like a zombie and more like yourself.
What is deep breathing or the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
What creature is said to transform during a full moon?
A werewolf
This “treat” helps you relax and recharge without using substances.
What is self-care?
This “haunting” effect occurs when someone stops using and experiences physical and emotional symptoms.
What is withdrawal?
Like a ghost from the past, this type of trauma can resurface unexpectedly.
What is unresolved trauma?
This acronym helps people manage cravings by identifying common triggers like hunger, anger, loneliness, and tiredness.
What is HALT?
This Halloween song tells us “It was a graveyard smash.”
What is Monster Mash?
This ghostly feeling often shows up after relapse and needs compassion, not shame.
What is guilt?
This term describes the intense desire to use a substance, often triggered by stress or environment.
What is a craving?
This “mask” people wear can hide their true emotions in recovery.
What is a defense mechanism?
Like a vampire avoiding sunlight, this recovery tool helps you steer clear of triggers.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
This famous haunted hotel in Colorado inspired Stephen King’s The Shining.
What is The Stanley Hotel?
This “treat” helps you stay grounded during spooky emotional storms.
What is mindfulness or meditation?
This term describes the brain’s need for more of a substance to feel the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This Halloween creature transforms at night—just like how addiction can change behavior.
What is a werewolf?
This “spell” involves writing down your thoughts to break free from mental fog.
What is journaling?
This striped-suit ghost is summoned when you say his name three times.
Who is Beetlejuice?
This “monster mask” hides your true emotions and can be removed with vulnerability.
What is emotional suppression or avoidance?
This is the brain’s reward chemical that gets hijacked by many addictive substances.
What is dopamine?
This phrase describes the emotional “graveyard” where people bury feelings they don’t want to face.
What is repression or emotional avoidance?
This magical mantra reminds you that healing is possible: “I am worthy of recovery.”
What is an affirmation?
What vegetable was originally used to carve jack-o’-lanterns before pumpkins?