Mental Health
This affects a person’s thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.
Mental Health
This is a mammal that can fly.
Bat
True or False: Medication and therapy are the only tools that are successful in dealing with mental health issues.
False: Medication, therapy, exercise, nutrition, and good sleep hygiene all can contribute to good mental health.
If you or a friend is in distress name three people that may be able to help.
Any 3 people in your trusted adult category.
True or False: Everyone deals with stress the same way?
False
This is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel. Symptoms include:
sadness, emptiness, feeling hopeless, irritability, anger, frequent mood swings, feeling worthless or guilty for no clear reason, loss of interest in things they used to enjoy (sports, hobbies, friends).
Depression
What is Gratitude?
Being thankful or expressing good things from your day or things that you are thankful for is a coping strategy known as
Name a healthy way to express sadness.
Journaling, talking to someone, listening to music, etc.
Name one sign that someone may need help with their mental health?
constant sadness, tearfulness, angry often, giving up on activities that they used to love, skipping school, ...
Kindness towards yourself is called what?
Self-Compassion
What is Stigma?
Negative, incorrect beliefs, stereotypes, and labels are another name for this
You can't hum and do this at the same time.
Hold your nose.
True or False: You can feel more than one emotion at a time.
True or False: Talking about your feelings is a sign of weakness.
False- It takes a very brave person to talk openly about their feelings or ask for help.
True or False: Deep breathing is an effective way to physically slow down your heart rate and focus your attention on your response.
True
A sudden, overpowering fright response or feeling of terror for no known reason is an example of this.
Panic Attack or Anxiety
This movie about emotions stars Joy and Sadness
Inside Out
If you are feeling unhappy, what should you do?
Any coping skills that work for you.
What is the hotline number or resource that you can call or text anytime?
988 (National Suicide Hotline)
911 (National Emergency Number)
The ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions.
Emotional Intelligence
What is Diagnosis?
When the symptoms you are experiencing are given a name. A diagnosis can only come from a professional trained and credentialed in that field of study. Please note, advice from the internet should never replace talking to a professional that is trained.
True or False: Abraham Lincoln is the president on the one dollar bill.
False
What emotion(s) might a person feel if something unfair happens to them?
anger, sadness, frustrated, bitter, disrespected, betrayed, etc.
What is one thing that you can say to a friend who seems upset?
"I'm here for you."
"Would you like me to help?"
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is paying close attention to the present moment without judgment.