Feelings & Emotions
Also known as stress response - these are bodies physical reactions to sensing danger.
Fight, Flight or Freeze
Taking slow breaths in and out is an example of this type of coping skill.
Deep breathing
Assuming you know what someone else is thinking - usually something negative - is a type of cognitive distortion called what?
Mind-reading
What must be given with an enthusiastic yes?
Consent
Feeling your heart race before a presentation is an example of this common stress reaction.
Nervousness
This emotion is often called a "secondary emotion," because it covers up a deeper feeling.
Anger
Writing down your thoughts and feelings to better understand them is known as this.
Journaling
A person who is restless, distractible, fidgety, or impulsive to a point where it interferes with their daily life may have symptoms of this common diagnosis.
ADHD
This is a personal rule or limit that defines what you accept in behavior from others to preserve your mental health, well-being, and personal identity.
Boundaries
This skills helps teens break large projects or responsibilities into smaller, time-specific, achievable steps.
SMART Goals
This diagnosis involves long period of sadness, loss of interest, tiredness, and changes in sleep and/or appetite.
Depression
People may use this tool/practice this skill to help plan ahead to safely navigate or avoid triggers.
Safety Planning
Believing that one bad grade means you're a "failure at everything" is this type of thinking trap.
Overgeneralization
Listening without interrupting and trying to understand someone's feelings is called this.
Active Listening
What is the National Suicide Hotline phone number?
988
This emotion often hides underneath anger and comes from feelings of embarrassment or exposure.
Shame
This is the term for choosing activities that help you feel better BEFORE stress builds up.
Self-care
When someone struggling with substance use says, "I messed up once, so there is no point in trying," is stuck in what type of thinking trap?
Defeatist Thinking
This communication skills involves using phrases that center your feelings and understanding to express your needs without blaming others.
I-statements
Shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are commonly known as stages of this experience, even though people don't necessarily go through them in order.
Grief
In the event of a crisis, name one of the places/ways you can get crisis support in Philadelphia.
Children's Crisis - Henry Ave.
CHOP Behavioral Health & Crisis Center
Mobile Crisis
This is the practice of maintaining a regular sleep schedule, avoiding caffeine, and creating a calming bedtime routine.
Sleep Hygiene
The clinical term for "thinking trap" -- which refers to habitual patterns of irrational thinking that reinforce negative emotions and unhelpful behaviors.
Examples: mind-reading, overgeneralizing, and defeatist thinking
Cognitive Distortions
Someone who pressures you to use substances, lies to you, or isolated you from other is showing signs of this is kind of relationship.
Unhealthy, Toxic, or Abusive
What is it called when a person feels "up & down", navigates emotional swings, or sometimes has emotional responses that are unusual for the setting/event?
Emotional Dysregulation
This term describes the ability to notice your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in the moment - and choose a healthy response instead of reacting automatically.
Mindfulness