Across
- 6. an exercise to help you become aware of your own thoughts
- 8. involuntarily pushing unpleasant feelings out of one's mind
- 10. chemicals that help brain cells communicate
- 12. the reaction of your body and mind to everyday challenges and demands
- 13. the part of the brain that houses the hippocampus and the amygdala
- 15. the part of the brain that stores long-term memory
- 16. post traumatic stress disorder
- 17. the act of showing grief or sorrow
- 18. talk the way we talk to ourselves
- 22. a sudden episode of intense fear that can sometimes be mistaken for a heart attack at first
- 23. a feeling of worry, fear or unease about future events
- 24. voluntarily pushing unpleasant emotions out of mind
- 25. This part of the brain is compared to a guard dog
- 27. how we view ourselves
- 28. taking a negative thought and rewording it to be more positive or balanced
- 29. another name for the brain stem
Down
- 1. applying your own faults or feelings to another person
- 2. an eating disorder that involves restricting calories
- 3. a term for when people say "I always" or "I never"
- 4. a mental health professional who treats conditions on an ongoing basis
- 5. paying attention to the present moment without judgement
- 7. a stage of grief where the person faces the reality of the loss and experiences closure
- 9. the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels
- 11. a physician who diagnoses and treats mental health disorders and can prescribe medication
- 14. another name for the hormone "epinephrine"
- 19. the second stage of the body's stress response where your body adapts to the stressor if it does not go away
- 20. a mental health disorder often mistaken with being "neat" or "organized"
- 21. a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person
- 23. the one phrase you should never say to someone who is dealing with grief
- 26. another word for "sad"