Mental Hygiene
This mental hygiene habit involves noticing your thoughts instead of immediately reacting to them.
What is self-awareness?
This social habit involves noticing who is around you before deciding what to say or joke about.
What is reading the room?
This hygiene habit protects your mouth, helps your breath, and prevents long-term problems you can’t see yet.
What is brushing your teeth?
This self-care activity involves pages, imagination, and giving your brain a quiet break from screens.
What is reading?
If I didn’t mean to make someone uncomfortable, it doesn’t matter.
MYTH:Impact matters even when intent is good.
This mental hygiene habit getting support from others instead of handling everything alone.
What is asking for help?
This behavior keeps shared spaces comfortable by stopping yourself when others show signs of discomfort.
What is pausing or stopping?
This daily habit happens multiple times a day. It uses water, soap, and repetition to remove what you can’t always see but definitely don’t want to keep.
What is washing your hands?
This self-care habit uses slow air in and slower air out to calm your body without moving anywhere.
What is deep breathing?
Saying “it was just a joke” fixes everything.
False:If someone feels uncomfortable, explaining the joke doesn’t help. Listening and stopping shows respect
This mental hygiene habit means keeping your thoughts from spiraling by reminding yourself that mistakes are okay.
What is positive self-talk?
This social skill means you don’t share other people’s private information without permission.
What is respecting privacy?
This hygiene habit controls odor by targeting moisture rather than dirt.
What is using deodorant?
This activity helps release tension by moving your body without turning it into a workout.
What is stretching?
Mental hygiene is just about thinking positive all the time.
False: Mental hygiene includes rest, boundaries, and coping skills — not ignoring feelings.
This mental hygiene skill helps you reset your focus by taking intentional pauses throughout the day.
What are taking mental breaks?
This social hygiene skill helps repair trust after a mistake without excuses or arguments.
What is apologizing?
This routine uses warm water and time to remove buildup from places deodorant cannot reach.
What is showering?
This self-care choice lowers mental noise by reducing outside input and giving your mind space to reset.
What is quiet time?
Taking care of your mental health is selfish.
False:When you care for yourself, you are better able to show up for others.
This mental hygiene habit means giving yourself limits so you don’t get overwhelmed.
What is setting boundaries?
This social skill focuses on the effect of your words rather than what you meant by them.
What is impact awareness (intent vs. impact)?
This physical hygiene habit helps prevent skin irritation and infections by changing what stays closest to your body.
What is changing clothes (or wearing clean clothes)?
This activity helps your emotions organize themselves by putting thoughts into words without needing an audience.
What is journaling?
If someone says “chill” or changes the subject, that can mean they’re uncomfortable.
True: This can be an easier way for someone to try and set boundaries without explicitly saying it. It still counts as a boundary set