Mental Health Word Search
Play a Mental Health word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: SELFCARE, THERAPY, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, RESILIENCE, MINDFULNESS, STRESS, COPING, EMPATHY, WELLBEING, SLEEP, EXERCISE.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Mental Health word list, defined
- THERAPY /ˈθɛrəpi/ · noun
- Treatment intended to relieve symptoms, promote recovery, or improve functioning in a physical, psychological, or emotional condition. The word can also refer more broadly to a healing or restorative practice. Related: treatment, psychotherapy, counselling, healing.
- ANXIETY /æŋˈzaɪəti/ · noun
- A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. In clinical contexts, it refers to a mental health disorder characterized by excessive, persistent worry and fear. Related: worry, unease, apprehension, nervousness.
- DEPRESSION /dɪˈprɛʃən/ · noun
- A state of feeling sad, hopeless, and dejected, especially when severe and prolonged as a mental health condition. Also a long period of severely reduced economic activity, or a hollow area pressed into a surface. Related: melancholy, despondency, dejection, recession.
- RESILIENCE /rɪˈzɪliəns/ · noun
- The capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties, stress, hardship, or change. Resilience can refer to a person, community, system, or material. Related: toughness, strength, endurance, stamina.
- MINDFULNESS /ˈmaɪndfəlnəs/ · noun
- The practice of being consciously aware of the present moment, including one's thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surroundings, without judgment. Related: awareness, attentiveness, presence, consciousness.
- STRESS /strɛs/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, stress refers to mental or emotional strain, pressure, or the special emphasis placed on a word or syllable. As a verb, it means to emphasize something or to subject someone or something to strain or pressure. Related: strain, pressure, tension, emphasis.
- COPING /ˈkəʊpɪŋ/ · noun
- The sloping or rounded protective top course or cap of a wall, typically of stone, brick, or concrete, designed to shed rainwater. Also, in psychology and everyday usage, the action or process of dealing effectively with hardship or stress. Related: capping, cap, cover, management.
- EMPATHY /ˈɛmpəθi/ · noun
- The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person by imaginatively entering into their experience. Related: compassion, understanding, sympathy, sensitivity.
- WELLBEING /ˌwelˈbiːɪŋ/ · noun
- The state of being healthy, happy, comfortable, or otherwise in good condition, especially as a quality of a person's life or organization. Related: health, wellness, welfare, happiness.
- SLEEP /sliːp/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, sleep is the state of rest characterized by reduced consciousness, responsiveness, and muscle activity, normally occurring periodically. As a verb, it means to rest in this state or to spend a period of time sleeping. Related: rest, slumber, nap, doze.
- EXERCISE /ˈɛksərsaɪz/ · noun
- Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness; also an activity done for the purpose of practicing or training a skill, or the use or application of a power, right, or quality. Related: workout, practice, drill, training.
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