Coping skills
What are two things that can promote positive mental health?
Exercise, mindfulness, positive friendships, talking about your problems, having an outlet for anger and frustration, getting enough sleep, eating healthy, journaling, deep breathing...??
What does DBT mean?
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
True or False: People with mental health challenges have to take special tests to get a job or buy a house.
What is false.
While these particular things are compelling, they're not always reliable b/c they distort reality and may negatively affect how we behave
What are Feelings?
This is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.
Depression
Describe the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Strategy
A technique that asks you to find things you can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste (5 senses) to calm down when feeling anxious or distressed.
What does DBT help achieve?
What is Emotional regulation. mindfulness, distress tolerance
True or false: All stress is bad.
False. Some stress can be motivating and is a natural reaction your body has to certain events. It can sometimes give us an "extra push". When stress becomes too much to handle, that might be an indication to start making some positive mental health changes
What is important to remember when you become angry?
STOP and think before acting.
Respond, don't react
Practice coping skills (deep breathing, counting, self-talk, etc.)
Walk away and remove yourself from the situation if needed
Impulsively buying things on Amazon and staying up for days is commonly associated with this.
What is Mania or Bipolar?
True or False: Children are too young to develop a mental illness like depression or anxiety.
What is FALSE?
What are 2 pros and 2 cons to therapy?
Pros: What is....emotional regulation, decreasing anger, stress or negative behaviors.
Cons: What is.....
What is the definition on mental health?
Mental health is vital for our overall well-being, influencing our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
True or false. All stress is bad stress.
What is false?.
True or false: Is therapy a fix all for all mental health problems?
What is false.