MH basics
What is the term for someones ability to handle stress and bounce back from adversity?
Resilience.
This disorder involves extreme mood swings between manic and depressive episodes.
bipolar disorder
When people abandon their values to avoid discomfort or chase quick relief, they often end up feeling this:
What is guilt, shame, or emptiness?
In 12-step programs, this term is used to describe any entity that is greater than the individual.
Higher power
The term for any person, place or thing that strikes an unwanted emotional reaction within you.
What are the 2 neurotransmitters that are commonly linked to happiness and pleasure and often targeted by antidepressants.
Serotonin and Dopamine
Who was the founder of modern psychiatry and the most commonly associated with the discovery of the "Ego"
Sigmund Freud
This value involves listening, being present, and caring for others without trying to fix them.
Compassion, will accept kindness too.
This practice involves sitting quietly, focusing inward, and becoming more aware of the present moment.
Meditation
A guideline or wall you set within relationships in order to protect your mental well-being.
A boundary
This diagnostic manual is widely used in the U.S. for classifying mental disorders.
the DSM 5
This type of therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This value is often described as “doing the right thing even when no one is watching.”
integrity
This is the belief or trust in something you cannot see, often cited as essential to spirituality.
Faith
A type of communication that is forward without being agressive or passive agressive
Assertive
What does SSRI stand for?
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor.
The behavioral and emotional condition where a person prioritizes another individual's needs, problems, or well-being over their own to the point that it becomes unhealthy or self-destructive.
Codependency
This term means changing your values to match a group or person for their validation or accepting, often leading to resentment.
value compromise or people-pleasing
In Buddhism the end goal is to reach this through the 8 fold path.
Enlightenment/Nirvana
The act of separating yourself from a dynamic.
Detachment
What is the term/ feeling of inability to experience pleasure or joy in things that were once enjoyed.
anhedonia
Name 2 personality disorders 100 bonus points for every other one you name.
Paranoid Personality Disorder, schizoid Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), Dependent Personality Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder
Moral Dillemma
This is the inner voice or guide that many describe as the “spiritual advisor within.”
What is intuition or conscience?
What are the 4 different types of attachment within relationships.
Secure, Avoidant, Anxious Attached and Disorganized Attached