Emotions and Feelings
Coping Skills
Mental Health Basics
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Riddles
100

This feeling shows up when someone loses something important to them.

Grief

100

This coping skill involves breathing in slowly and breathing out slowly.

Deep/Slow Breathing

100

This term describes the part of health that includes thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Mental Health

100

This US State is known as "The Sunshine State."

Florida

100

I have hands but cannot clap.

Clock

200

This basic emotion happens when something makes you feel good or uplifted.

Happiness

200

This coping skill means solving a problem step-by-step instead of all at once.

Problem-Solving

200

This professional talks with people to help with emotional or mental struggles.

Therapist

200

This large desert, one of the hottest place on Earth, covers much of northern Africa.

Sahara Desert

200

I get bigger the more you take away from me.

Hole

300

This feeling often happens when someone is embarrassed or put on the spot.

Shyness

300

When you write down your thoughts or feelings in a notebook.

Journaling

300

Taking care of yourself by sleeping, eating, and relaxing is known as this.

Self-Care

300

This scientific tool measures air pressure and helps predict weather changes.

Barometer

300

I can be cracked, made, told, or played.

Joke

400

This is experienced when feeling nervous about something that might happen.

Anxiety

400

Listening to music, coloring, or watching a show are examples of this type of coping.

Distraction

400

This skill helps you understand situations from someone else's point of view.

Empathy

400

This constellation, often called "The Hunter" is one of the most recognizable in the night sky.

Orion

400

I follow you everywhere but disappear in the dark.

Shadow

500

This occurs when someone feels stuck or unsure what to do next.

Confusion

500

Slowing down and noticing things around you, like sounds or sights, to feel more steady.

Grounding

500

This term describes the ability to notice your thoughts and feelings without judging them. 

Will Accept: Self-Awareness and/or Mindfulness

500

This ancient civilization built large stone cities like Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains.

Inca Civilization

500

I go up and down but never move.

Stairs

600

This basic feeling happens when something seems threatening or unsafe.

Fear

600

Focusing your attention on the present moment.

Mindfulness

600

This concept refers to the ability to choose a healthy response even when your first impulse is unhelpful.

Emotional Regulation

600

This chemical element has the symbol "Fe" and is commonly used to make steel.

Iron

600

I have a neck but no head.

Bottle

700

This emotion often appears when someone feels powerless or like they have no control in a situation.

Anger

700

Saying helpful, encouraging statements to yourself.

Positive Self-Talk/Positive Affirmations

700

This word describes the ability to adapt to change or recover after facing emotional challenges.

Resilience

700

This ancient city was buried under volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

Pompeii

700

The more you use me, the shorter I get.

Pencil

800

This basic emotion can be hidden beneath anger when someone feels hurt but doesn't want to show it.

Sadness

800

Pausing, walking away, or taking space when overwhelmed.

Taking a time-out

800

This term means recognizing a pattern that keeps causing problems in your life and choosing to work on changing it.

Insight

800

This metal is liquid at room temperature.

Mercury

800

I speak without a mouth and listen without ears. I'm often heard but never seen.

Echo

900

This can show up when someone suddenly realizes they have misunderstood something important. 

Surprise

900

Choosing to talk kindly to yourself the same way you would talk to a friend during a hard moment.

Self-Compassion

900

This term refers to the understanding that your behavior affects others, not just yourself.

Social Awareness

900

This scientist is know for developing the three laws of motion, which helped shape modern physics. 100 bonus points for each law identified.

Isaac Newton

1 - Law of Intertia

2 - Law of Acceleration

3 - Law of Action and Reaction or Law of Interaction

900

I have keys but open no locks, and I can make music or stay completely silent.

Keyboard

1000

This can appear after a stressful moment passes and your body begins to settle down.

Calm

1000

Slowing down and naming the exact feeling you're having to better understand it.

Identifying the Emotion

1000

This mental health term means learning to separate facts from assumptions before responding.

Checking the Facts

1000

This constellation forms a "W" shape in the northern sky and is named after a queen in Greek mythology.

Cassiopeia

1000

I can travel the world while staying in one spot.

Stamp