Coping Skills
Mental Illness Diagnosis
Famous Actors with MI issues
Cognitive Skills
Famous Musicians with MI issues
100

A coping skill where you practice control of your thoughts through deep breathing and focus

What is mindfulness?

100

This disorder is characterized by long periods of intense sadness and hopelessness.

What is depression?

100

This Star Wars actress is well known for having bipolar disorder and chronic substance abuse issues.  She passed away in 2016.

Who is Carrie Fisher?

100

The cognitive skill of focusing on one thing while ignoring all others.

What is attention?

100
This famous singer struggled with addiction and bulimia and eventually wrote his most famous song about it "I'm Still Standing".

Who is Elton John?

200

A coping skill where you inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 7 seconds and exhale for 8 seconds

What is deep breathing?

200

This disorder is characterized by feelings of worry or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities

What is anxiety?

200

He is well known for his comedic acting career and died via suicide after struggling with depression and dementia with Lewy Bodies?

Who is Robin Williams?

200

Part of the memory system where information is stored for roughly 30 seconds.

What is short-term memory?

200

This famous musician died from suicide in 2004 after he struggled with ADHD and bipolar disorder. He has become more famous since his death for songs like "It Smells Like Teen Spirit".

Who is Curt Cobain?

300

A coping skill where you write down your thoughts and feelings on paper.

What is journaling?

300

This disorder is characterized by thoughts or experiences that seem out of touch with reality, disorganized speech or behavior, or decreased participation in daily activities. 

What is schizophrenia?

300

He's a famous actor who struggled with alcoholism and bipolar disorder but was made famous in movies such as "Braveheart?"

Who is Mel Gibson?

300

The unlimited capacity memory store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time.

What is long-term memory?

300
This famous singer has struggled with PTSD since she was raped at age 19.  You know her as the author and performer of "Shallow".

Who is Lady Gaga?

400

A coping skill in which you identify negative thoughts and identify something positive to think.

What is positive reframing?

400

A serious, potentially debilitating condition that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a natural disaster, serious accident, terrorist incident, sudden death of a loved one, war, violent personal assault such as rape, or other life-threatening events.

What is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

400
This "Dark Knight" star struggled with insomnia resulting in overuse of prescription medications and resulting in his untimely death by acute intoxication in 2008.

Who is Heath Ledger?

400

These skills are involved in smaller movements that occur in the wrists, hands, fingers, feet and toes. They involve smaller actions such as picking up objects between the thumb and finger, writing carefully, and even blinking.

What are fine motor skills?

400

She is a famous young singer who was bullied severely in her childhood resulting in an eating disorder and engaging in self-injurious behaviors.

Who is Demi Lovato?

500

A coping skill that takes your mind off something.

What is distraction coping skill?

500

This rare disorder is characterized by two or more unique personalities that "live" in one person, and "swap out" to handle different situations.

What is DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)?

500

Known for Hit Comedies Like Wedding Crashers, this Star Struggled with Drugs and depression—Until His Shocking Suicide Attempt on Aug. 26 2007.

Who is Owen Wilson?

500

Skills that involve larger movements made with the arms, legs, feet, or entire body.

What are gross motor skills?

500

By 1968, this man began having a diminished creative role in The Beach Boys. Until then, he had been the groups principal songwriter, but he began spending the majority of his time in bed, sleeping, doing drugs and overeating. Eventually he was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type which supposedly caused him to hear voices in his head.

Who is Brian Wilson?