Coping Skills
This coping skill helps you to calm down or relax by taking long, deep, slow breathing.
Deep breathing
A feeling of thankfulness, for something specific or simply all-encompassing, often accompanied by humility and even reverence.
Gratitude
This is recognizing and responding appropriately to how someone else is feeling.
Empathy
This is asking for permission to engage in any sexual contact with another person.
Consent
How many types of abuse are there? Name them!
5: Sexual
Physical
Emotional
Psychological
Financial
This coping skill is tensing then releasing your muscles. Example: Squeeze the lemon
Progressive muscle relaxation
You just failed a test you studied hard for.
Disappointed
These are the 2 questions you should ask yourself to help you make a healthy decision.
1. Will someone get hurt?
2. Will there be a consequence/Will I get in trouble?
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Our 5 sense can both trigger trauma reactions and be used as healthy coping skills. Name those 5 senses!
Touch, Sight, Sound, Taste, Smell
This coping skill is focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
Mindfulness
You just won the lottery!!!
Excitement
Overjoyed
In healthy relationships, feelings should be equal, positive and _____ for the lenght of the relationship.
Appropriate
For example if you just met someone and want to marry them?
What is the legal age of sexual consent in PA?
16
This sense is most strongly associated with triggering a trauma reminder?
Smell
This coping skill involves using mental imagery to achieve a more relaxed state of mind.
Visualization
The feeling of happiness you experience when an uncertain situation turns out for the best, or a negative outcome is avoided.
Relief
______ is an iceberg emotion. Extra points if you can explain what that means.
Anger
We see anger, but other stuff is below the surface.
This is the term used when you manipulate or talk someone into doing something they really don't want to do.
Coercision
Name three warning signs that somene maybe experiencing depression.
Trouble sleeping
Withdraw from activities
Sad
Lack of interest
Risky behaviors - cutting, drug and alcohol use, etc.
Name three benefits of using coping skills?
At certain moments in life, you may experience some problems, and this feeling means you know all those issues are not permanent ones, it means you feel and believe things will change for the better, and the future is bright and beautiful.
Hope
This word means doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.
Accountability
This formula helps you know if your relationship is safe. Extra points for each of the catergories you can name!
SAFE
Secrets
Abuse
Feelings
Escpae
____ in 5 teens between the ages of 13-18 have a serious mental health disorder.
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