Coping skills
This coping skill involves taking slow deep breaths to calm the body.
What is deep Breathing?
What is the term used to describe a person having both a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder?
What is a co-occurring disorder?
People sometimes use drugs or alcohol to cope with this.
What are mental health symptoms or emotional pain?
This person provides guidance and support in recovery programs like NA or AA.
What is a sponsor?
This emotion is commonly felt after loss.
What is grief or sadness?
Name one healthy coping skill that does not involve substances
Exercise, journaling, prayer, meditation, calling support, listening to music, etc
This mental health condition often includes excessive worry, nervousness, and fear.
What is anxiety?
True or False: Treating only addiction without mental health treatment can increase relapse risk.
What is true?
True or False: Isolation can increase relapse risk.
What is true?
True or False: Anger is always unhealthy.
What is false?
This grounding technique uses your senses to help reduce anxiety.
This disorder may cause extreme mood swings between emotional highs and lows.
What is bipolar disorder?
This condition may develop after experiencing or witnessing trauma.
What is PTSD?
Name one benefit of attending support groups.
Examples:
Name one physical sign of anxiety.
Examples:
True or False: Avoiding emotions completely is a healthy coping skill
What is false
True or False: Mental health disorders are a sign of weakness.
What is false?
Name one reason people avoid seeking mental health treatment.
Examples:
This document helps identify triggers, coping skills, and support contacts during a crisis.
What is a safety plan or relapse prevention plan?
This skill helps people express emotions respectfully and honestly.
What is communication or assertiveness?
Name three things a person can do instead of using substances during stress
Name two common symptoms of depression.
What are sadness, hopelessness, fatigue, isolation, loss of interest, sleep changes, or appetite changes?
Why is it important to treat both mental health and substance use disorders together?
Because each condition affects the other and untreated symptoms can increase relapse risk.
Name two people or supports someone can contact during emotional crisis.
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Why is identifying emotions important in recovery?
Because understanding emotions can help prevent unhealthy coping and relapse.