Mental Health & Wellness

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Across
  1. 2. the quickest way to calm a fight or flight response is to control one’s _______
  2. 6. a neurotransmitter responsible for sending messages within the brain’s reward system
  3. 9. a neutral response to an action- neither good nor bad
  4. 14. care, doing things for yourself that bring you real joy
  5. 15. the practice of noticing and observing
  6. 16. a team of individuals assigned to a unit to mentor and facilitate resident schedules on a day-to-day basis
  7. 18. this coping skill increases empathy, strengthens self concept, and broadens vocabulary
  8. 20. our brains detour this vital element from the prefrontal cortex to muscles during a fight or flight response
  9. 21. or flight, a term coined to describe one’s survival state in the midst of real or imagined danger
  10. 22. a calm and respectful type of communication style that uses “I feel” messages
  11. 26. this is when you find peace in something you once found difficult to cope with
  12. 27. the study of human behavior
  13. 29. this is an emotional state when you’re open-minded and willing to connect and learn
Down
  1. 1. having true appreciation for things or people that bring you joy, peace, connection etc.
  2. 3. a _______ system provides stability and safe encouragement in times of need
  3. 4. the most complex organ in the human body
  4. 5. planning ahead and setting your near- future self for success is acting on a form of time _______
  5. 7. a licensed health care provider that treats individuals at inpatient or outpatient levels of care
  6. 8. this usually describes a duration of time consisting of therapy and/or sometimes medication
  7. 10. thinking back on one’s own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
  8. 11. healthy or unhealthy ways we’ve learned to handle stress
  9. 12. an experience that shocks your nervous system into full gear for an extended period of time
  10. 13. having faith that someone or something will ultimately work in your favor
  11. 17. acceptance, accepting all feelings as neither good nor bad
  12. 19. a basic emotion that’s easy to feel but difficult to understand its origins
  13. 23. a form of feeling with someone
  14. 24. a treatment center usually made up of residential or short term stays
  15. 25. holding yourself or someone else to their responsibilities or behaviors
  16. 28. planning to put a vision or idea into action