Mental Health Jeopardy

All the Feels

100

This emotion shows up when we have crossed one of our own values, morals, or boundaries and pushes us to repair

Guilt

200

When this emotion shows up, it tells us we have lost something that was very meaningful to us

Grief

300

Anger is often this type of emotion, showing up to protect or cover up what we're really feeling deep down

Secondary Emotion

400

This emotion can be recognized by increased heart rate, tightness in chest, shortness of breath, and restlessness

Anxiety

500

This cognitive distortion happens when emotions are interpreted as facts rather than signals

Emotional Reasoning

Mad Skills

100

This coping skill requires breathing in for 4, holding for 4, breathing out for 4, and holding for 4

Box Breathing

200

This grounding skill encourages you to use all 5 senses

5-4-3-2-1

300

This skill can be applied when things are outside of your control

Radical Acceptance

400

The 3 elements of this awareness skill are (1) intentional (2) non-judgement, and (3) the here and now

Mindfulness

500

This DBT skill is helpful when things are overwhelming and you need to pause, take a step back, observe the facts, and respond mindfully

STOP 

Insane in the MemBRAIN

100

This part of the brain helps us detect danger and sets off an alarm system

Amygdala

200

This part of the brain is responsible for impulse control, reasoning, and decision making

Pre-Frontal Cortex

300

The brain's ability to heal and change even after years of trauma or addiction

Neuroplasticity

400

This hormone gets released when we are stressed to prepare our body to fight or flee. High levels of it can change our DNA

Cortisol

500

This phenomenon happens when we're under stress and the thinking part of the brain gets taken over by the emotion part of the brain

Amygdala Hijacking

Recovery 101

100

This term describes returning to old behavior patterns after making progress

Relapse

200

Famously referred to as "the opposite of addiction"

Connection

300

This recovery tool requires us to be honest with ourselves and others and take responsibility for our actions

Accountability

400

This neurotransmitter is essential for motivation, pleasure, and reward and plays a big role in addiction

Dopamine

500

This phenomenon shows up when we let beliefs lead to unconscious behaviors that make the belief come true, also known as "self-sabotage"

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

It takes 2 to Tango

100

Saying no without apology or explanation

Boundary

200

This communication skill involves reflecting someone's feelings without trying to fix them

Reflective Listening

300

The set of rules, expectations, and beliefs we have about love and bonding

Attachment Style

400

This relationship pattern involves sacrificing your own needs to please others in order to feel safe, wanted, or liked

People Pleasing

500

Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling are known as these and are the predictors of divorce

Four Horseman