Name That Warning Sign
Your heart starts racing, your hands get sweaty, and you suddenly start thinking that everyone is mad at you.
What is anxiety?
You are having a really stressful day at work, and decide to take five minutes to take some deep breaths and focus only on the present moment.
What is mindfulness meditation?
Writing your feelings down instead of yelling at your friend after a disagreement.
What is journaling?
You are smiling all the time, dancing around your house, and using an excessive amount of exclamation points in texts to your friends.
What is happy?
You have had a really rough day and snap at a classmate for asking a question about the homework.
What is irritability?
You identify that you are uncomfortable in the current environment and decide to go to a more familiar place where you feel safe.
What is identifying triggers?
You get mad at a friend and decide to punch a wall.
What is physical aggression?
You are mad at your mom and say something hurtful, then keep replaying it in your mind while wishing you could take it back.
What is regret?
You become very overwhelmed and start to mentally check out of the situation.
What is dissociation?
You turn on your favorite music, light some candles, and reset after a long day.
What is decompression?
You get a new job and decide to celebrate by spending $2,000 on clothes at the mall.
What is impulsive decision making?
Your face gets hot, you lose all patience, and suddenly, nobody can do anything right.
What is anger?
A friend is trying to resolve an issue with you, and all you can focus on in the moment is the problem at hand and how your friend is wrong.
What is tunnel vision?
Your friends invite you to go to a party, and some people with whom you don't get along with will be there. You politely decline the invitation to the party.
What is setting boundaries?
You sit down with a friend and peacefully work out a conflict by acknowledging each other's feelings and taking responsibility for your part in it.
What is identifying emotions?
A classmate gets the job that you have been dreaming of for years, and you can't seem to be happy for them like everyone else.
What is jealousy?
You are preparing for finals and have not been sleeping much. You wake up, and your throat hurts, your nose won't stop running, and you feel like your head is going to explode.
What is a worn-down immune system?
You have been practicing deep breathing techniques and identified one in particular that helps activate the body's "rest and digest" mechanisms.
What is diaphragmatic breathing?
You are upset about the death of your cat, and you drink and smoke for three days straight.
What is overindulging?
You accomplish something amazing and want to tell everyone about it.
What is pride?