Nutrition
Something you should do for at least 30 minutes a day to boost physical & mental health:
What is exercise?
A rectangular piece of paper that includes an amount of money, made out to a person:
What is a check?
The person at Milner House who usually teaches the self-care group:
Who is Nathan?
Something we do during the day for short periods of time to catch up on sleep:
What is a nap?
Things you take to help reduce physical pains or mental struggles:
What is medication?
The organ in the body that digests food with acid:
What is the stomach?
A small piece of plastic/metal used to make transactions:
What is a credit/debit card?
Name three things you can do daily to care for yourself:
- Shower/Bathe
- Brush your teeth
- Brush your hair
- Change into clean clothes
- Eat a healthy meal
An activity involving listening to rhythm, beats, and lyrics:
What is listening to music?
Someone people see to help with negative/intrusive thoughts, emotion regulation, etc.
What is a therapist?
The largest section of food you should have on your plate:
What are vegetables?
A place that holds onto clients money for them, in different types of accounts (ex: checking, savings, etc.)
What is a bank?
You're working a lot, and you find yourself tired. You decide to take off two days a week to help with your fatigue and overall health. Is this self-care?
Yes!
An activity someone does that includes steady, even breathing, and calming your soul/body:
What is meditation:
Someone people see to help manage psychiatric medications and mental health symptoms:
What is a psychiatrist?
Something that increases when eating too much sugar/unhealthy foods:
What is glucose/blood sugar levels?
An account used to put money away that you do not want to touch (until later):
What is a savings account?
You're hanging out with friends who don't make the safest choices. They speed in the car, steal from Cumbies, and make fun of everyone, except you. You've known your friends since you were little. Is this self-care?
NO!
An activity one does that involves contortion, stretching, and breathing:
What is yoga?
A chemical in the brain that is produced when experiencing stress, that can cause shock, numbness, panic, and hyperventilation.
What is adrenaline?
The six groups on the food pyramid:
(If you name three you get half the points)
What is grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, meats, and fats?
Someone who helps you with your money and/or taxes:
What is an accountant?
Is taking your medication every other day (when it's prescribed for every day) positive self-care?
NO!
A practice that involves the lungs, and breathing in patterns in equal increments: (ex: 7 seconds in, hold for 7 seconds, release for 7 seconds, 7 seconds in)
What is square breathing?
A chemical in the brain that is produced when experiencing stress, that causes higher glucose levels in the blood
What is cortisol?