Coping Skills
What are coping skills?
strategies used to manage/reduce stress, adversity, and difficult emotions
When something triggers you what can you do?
Open Answer:
Use calming techniques- deep breathing or stepping away. Take a moment to acknowledge your feelings.
True or False?” If you are feeling sad one day, you are depressed.
False
True or False? Seeking Counseling services means I am weak and I have a mental health illness.
False.
mental illness affects a person's ability to function over a long period of time
When trouble arise and sadness appears- Talking to a professional eases fears.
What am I?
Counselor, Therapist
In through your nose and out through your mouth.
What am I?
Deep Breaths
Can you name one thing that triggers you?
Open Answer
You might feel this way if…
You are sweating, high pulse rate, upset stomach, or trying something new.
Anxiety, Nervous
True or False? Anger management is about learning to put an end to your anger.
False.
You are in a race, and you pass the person in second place.
What place are you in now?
2nd
Name three coping skills that you can utilized in a classroom?
Open Answer.
Ex. Deep Breaths, Breaks, Music
When someone says something nice about you or is encouraging about your abilities.
What am I?
A Compliment / Praise
What emotion is this?
> Clenching fists, grinding your teeth, red face, temperature rising…
Anger, Mad, Frustrated
DOUBLE!! Suicide is the _____ leading cause of death among teens in the US. (Nami.org)
A. Third
B. Second
C. First
B.) Second
I can cause distress and make you feel low, But taking deep breaths can help me go.
What am I?
Anxiety
Why do we need coping skills?
Name two healthy and two not so healthy coping skills.
Open Answer
After you have triggered a peer, this is something you can do to help make the situation better.
Give them some space if needed, Apologized,
“True or False?”. Is it NOT okay to feel some emotions like anger or jealousy.
FALSE
What is Mental Health?
A) The way your brain acts
B) How we feel, think and act. (Emotional, Psychological, and Social well-being)
C) When you are depressed
D) Knowing about physical illnesses
B
> 1 in ___ U.S. youth aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year. (nami.org)
a). 10
b). 6
C). 3
B). 6
What might you do if a peer keeps bothering you and being annoy during the day?
Walk away, Ignore it, talk to someone
In your own words what is Empathy?
When was the last time you showed empathy?
ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
True or False? A little anxiety makes a person alert, focused and ready to head off potential problems, which can help us do our best.
TRUE
DOUBLE!!! 50% of mental health problems begin by what age?
A. 14
B. 18
C. 21
D. 5
A.) 14
Taking care of me is crucial and wise, I involve activities that self-love implies.
What am I?
Self-Care