Stress & Anxiety
This word means the everyday pressure you feel from school, friends, or family.
What is stress?
Feeling sad for a short time after something bad happens is a normal human this.
What is a feeling or emotion?
Treating each other with kindness and respect is a sign of this kind of relationship.
What is a healthy relationship?
Listening to music, journaling, or drawing to calm down are examples of these.
What are coping skills?
This health professional talks with teens about their feelings and helps them learn coping skills.
Who is a therapist or counselor?
This feeling is like stress turned up high, often with racing thoughts and a fast heartbeat.
What is anxiety?
This condition involves feeling down most days, losing interest in activities, and changes in sleep or appetite for weeks.
What is depression?
When someone supports you, listens, and doesn’t pressure you, they are being this kind of friend.
What is a good or supportive friend?
Paying attention on purpose to the present moment, without judging it, is called this.
What is mindfulness?
True or False: Only “crazy” people go to therapy.
What is False?
Worrying a lot about the future, having trouble sleeping, and a tight chest are common signs of this.
What is anxiety?
Three common signs of depression in teens.
What are any three of the following: sadness, irritability, sleeping too much or too little, low energy, trouble concentrating, losing interest in hobbies?
Name one sign of an unhealthy relationship.
What is any of the following: control, constant criticism, insults, threats, physical hurt, not respecting boundaries, isolation?
The 5–4–3–2–1 exercise (things you can see, feel, hear, smell, taste) is a type of this.
What is a grounding exercise?
Name one trusted adult you could talk to if you were really struggling with your mental health.
Who is any of the following: parent, caregiver, school counselor, teacher, coach, therapist, doctor, other trusted adult?
A quick way to reset your nervous system is to breathe in for 4, hold for 4, and breathe out for 4. This is called this kind of breathing.
What is box breathing?
Depression is not a personal weakness; it is a health condition that can be helped with these two main supports.
What are therapy and medication (or treatment and support)?
Telling someone clearly what you are okay and not okay with is called setting these.
What are boundaries?
Turning off notifications, scheduling breaks, and using a to‑do list are coping skills for this common school-related feeling.
What is overwhelm or stress?
Calling or texting a crisis line, using 988 in the U.S., or going to the ER are examples of getting this type of help.
What is emergency or crisis help?
When stress becomes so strong and long-lasting that it harms daily life, it is called this.
What is chronic stress?
Thoughts of wanting to die or hurt yourself are called this and are always a reason to reach out for immediate help.
What are suicidal thoughts?
When a friend shares something serious and unsafe, the safest choice is to do this, even if they ask you to keep it a secret.
What is tell a trusted adult or professional?
Writing down your thoughts and feelings to understand them better is called this practice.
What is journaling?
One myth about mental health and the matching truth that corrects it.
What is any myth–truth pair such as: “Myth: Asking for help is weak. Truth: Asking for help is a sign of courage and strength.”?