How you feel about about yourself
What is Self-Esteem?
Constant feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities that can make it hard to enjoy life
What is Depression?
An activity requiring physical effort; intended to improve health and fitness
What is Exercise?
Thoughts, feelings, behaviors; looking at how these connect
What is CBT?
Used to calm down the nervous system
What are Antianxiety meds?
Normal physiological and physical reaction to the demands of life
What is Stress?
Includes episodes of depression and mania
What is Bipolar Disorder?
A way to write down your thoughts and feelings to better process them
What is Journaling?
Multiple people with similar struggles gathered together to help each other out
What are Support Groups?
Used to improve mood when feeling down
What are antidepressants?
A feeling of nervousness, worry or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome
What is anxiety?
Long term psychological shock that results from a traumatic incident
What is PTSD?
Activities that help bring you back to the present moment and help you relax
What are Mindfulness Skills? (or Relaxation techniques/Grounding techniques)
A technique often used for treating borderline personality disorder; includes skills such as distress tolerance and emotional regulation
What is DBT?
often used to treat bipolar disorder
What are mood-stabilizers?
Something that is important to you (personally meaningful)
Excessive worry that results in social situations
What is Social Anxiety?
Looking for the good and having compassion for yourself
What is positive thinking? (or Positive Affirmations)
A technique that aims to get you slowly comfortable with the things that you fear or have avoided for a long time
What is Exposure Therapy?
Used to treat schizophrenia and severe manic states
What are Antipsychotics?
A desire to act in service of goal
What is Motivation?
Recurrent unwanted thoughts that make people feel driven to do something repetitively
What is OCD?
Recognizing a process or condition without attempting to change it or protest it
What are Acceptance Skills?
An effective therapy for PTSD that involves recalling traumatic memories and focusing on something such as a hand moving back and forth
What is EMDR?
Often used to treat ADHD (improves concentration and attention)
What are Controlled Stimulants?