Coping Skills
This grounding technique uses your 5 senses.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 method?
Events or situations that cause stress are called…
What are Triggers/stressors?
Feeling overwhelmed or worried often is called…
What is Anxiety?
People you can rely on in recovery are your…
What is support system?
This animal is known for sleeping up to 20 hours a day.
What is a cat?
Taking slow, deep breaths to calm your body is called this.
What is Deep Breathing/Belly Breathing/Box Breathing
Stress that comes from your thoughts or emotions (like worry or self-doubt) is called…
What are internal stressors?
A condition that may include sadness, low energy, and loss of interest.
What is depression?
A meeting where people share recovery experiences.
What is a support Group?
This fruit is technically a berry: strawberry, banana, or watermelon?
What is a banana?
Name one healthy way to cope with stress instead of using substances.
What is exercise, journaling, calling someone, etc.?
Stress caused by outside situations like work, relationships, or finances is called…
What are external stressors?
This therapy focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors.
What is CBT?
Calling someone when struggling is an example of…
What is reaching out?
Octopuses have how many hearts?
what is 3?
This skill helps you pause before reacting.
What is mindfulness?
This skill involves identifying what’s causing your stress and making a plan to handle it.
What is problem-solving?
Name one symptom of stress.
What is irritability, tension, headaches, etc.?
A person who guides you in recovery (like in AA/NA).
What is a sponsor?
This is the only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
A coping skill where you challenge negative thoughts.
What is cognitive restructuring?
This coping strategy involves noticing stress without immediately reacting to it.
What is mindfulness or awareness?
This skill helps you stay in the present moment.
What is Grounding?
Name one benefit of peer support.
What is accountability, connection, understanding, etc.?
A group of flamingos is called a…
What is flamboyance?