Mental Health Word Search
Mental health covers how a person thinks, feels and handles the ordinary pressure of a day, and it changes over a lifetime. World Mental Health Day has been observed on October 10 since 1992, when the World Federation for Mental Health started it. Steady sleep, regular movement and honest conversation show up again and again in the research as things that help.
Mental Health word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- anxiety
- balance
- calm
- feelings
- mood
- rest
- sleep
- stress
- support
- therapy
Mental Health word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- anxiety
- balance
- breathing
- calm
- exercise
- feelings
- journal
- kindness
- mood
- rest
- routine
- sleep
- stress
- support
- therapy
Mental Health word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- anxiety
- balance
- boundaries
- breathing
- calm
- counselor
- exercise
- feelings
- gratitude
- journal
- kindness
- mindful
- mood
- resilience
- rest
- routine
- sleep
- stress
- support
- therapy
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Words in the Mental Health word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- calm
- A settled state of mind without worry or rush
- rest
- Time away from effort that lets the body recover
- sleep
- Nightly recovery that affects mood, focus and health
- mood
- How a person feels over hours or days
- stress
- The body's response to pressure or demand
- support
- Help from people who listen and stay nearby
- therapy
- Talking treatment with a trained mental health professional
- balance
- Spreading time between work, rest and the people you love
- anxiety
- Worry and physical tension about what might happen
- feelings
- Emotions such as sadness, anger, relief and joy
- journal
- A notebook for writing down thoughts and daily events
- breathing
- Slow steady breaths that lower heart rate and tension
- exercise
- Movement that lifts mood and lowers stress hormones
- routine
- A regular daily pattern that steadies mood and sleep
- kindness
- Small acts of care that help giver and receiver
- mindful
- Paying plain attention to the present moment
- counselor
- Trained listener who helps people work through problems
- boundaries
- Limits you set to protect time and energy
- gratitude
- Noticing and naming what is going well
- resilience
- The ability to recover after hardship or loss
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