What Is Mental Health
Name one part of mental health.
TRUE. Mental Health and Physical Health are both parts of overall wellness.
This feeling might come up when your friends are doing something without you or you're being left out.
Loneliness, isolation, embarrassment
This MN Football Team held a program called "Getting Open," where many players talked about their struggles with mental health.
Minnesota Vikings
Name 2 feelings OTHER THAN happy/sad/mad.
surprised, excited, shy, scared, worried, confused, embarrassed, frustrated, jealous, disappointed, lonely, content, nervous, devastated, enraged
FALSE. We don't know why someone is in therapy, and there are as many different reasons to go to therapy as there are people in therapy.
This feeling might come up when you have a big math test coming up and the lessons have been really confusing lately.
Worry, fear, nervousness, etc.
What sports league REQUIRES all teams to have a mental health clinician on their staff and available to support athlete's mental health?
NFL- and many NBA and MLB teams have therapists, too!
Why might someone attend therapy?
True or False: Therapy is about changing something about you, such as your sexuality, your beliefs, or your spirituality.
FALSE. People get to show up to therapy exactly as they are and are celebrated for who they are.
You might feel this way when you aren't being passed to in football, your friends are scoring all the touchdowns, or your team is losing.
Frustration, disappointment, sadness, anger, jealousy
Name one rapper who has rapped, written or talked about mental health and going to therapy?
Kendrick Lamar, Logic, Lil Wayne, Tupac, Lil Uzi Vert, Eminem, Chance the Rapper, Jay-Z, Megan Thee Stallion, SZA
What is ONE thing you can do to support your mental health?
Talk to someone about how you're feeling, getting enough sleep, surrounding yourself with people who lift you up and "fill your bucket," honor your feelings by allowing yourself to feel them without stuffing them or pushing them away.
True or False: Once you start going to therapy, you will go to therapy for the rest of your life.
FALSE. Everyone goes to therapy for different lengths of time: some for a few months, some for a year, and some for multiple years, depending on what they need.
This feeling is often thought of with the "red zone" and may go along with behavior like yelling, stomping away, getting read in the face, feeling hot, or fighting.
Anger
This USA gymnast stepped away from the sport and received therapy services before winning gold medals at the Paris Summer Olympics.
Simone Biles
Miss Nicole (Therapist), teachers, Social Workers (The Den), Ms. Collodora, trusted staff.
True or False: Asking for support with your mental health, through therapy or talking to other trusted people, is a sign of strength.
TRUE. It is brave and important to seek help and ask for support.
What feeling is NOT okay to have?
TRICK QUESTION :) All feelings are valid. It's what we do with that feeling that may have different consequences.
This swimmer has the most Gold Medals for Team USA & talks openly about how he attends therapy, saying that it "saved his life."
Michael Phelps