Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative Having no motivation to do anything Not wanting to leave your bed Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it “I’m fine” “I’m just tired” “it’s just a headache” Being numb all the time Being lonely and isolating yourself even more Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep Hating yourself constantly Feeling all of these and more every single day No one understands why you act the way you do Pushing people away when you need them most Getting triggered by the smallest things Feel like you always messing up Insomnia Forgetting to eat Feeling worthless and empty Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless Convincing yourself everyone hates you Angry at people who don’t have mental illness Being the “happy” friend Everyone thinking you’re “just sad” Crying alone every day Never tell anyone how you truly are PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative Having no motivation to do anything Not wanting to leave your bed Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it “I’m fine” “I’m just tired” “it’s just a headache” Being numb all the time Being lonely and isolating yourself even more Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep Hating yourself constantly Feeling all of these and more every single day No one understands why you act the way you do Pushing people away when you need them most Getting triggered by the smallest things Feel like you always messing up Insomnia Forgetting to eat Feeling worthless and empty Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless Convincing yourself everyone hates you Angry at people who don’t have mental illness Being the “happy” friend Everyone thinking you’re “just sad” Crying alone every day Never tell anyone how you truly are PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
N-Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative
I-Having no motivation to do anything
O-Not wanting to leave your bed
G-Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it
N-“I’m fine” “I’m just tired” “it’s just a headache”
G-Being numb all the time
I-Being lonely and isolating yourself even more
B-Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep
B-Hating yourself constantly
O-Feeling all of these and more every single day
G-No one understands why you act the way you do
N-Pushing people away when you need them most
B-Getting triggered by the smallest things
N-Feel like you always messing up
O-Insomnia
O-Forgetting to eat
G-Feeling worthless and empty
I-Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless
G-Convincing yourself everyone hates you
I-Angry at people who don’t have mental illness
B-Being the “happy” friend
B-Everyone thinking you’re “just sad”
N-Crying alone every day
I-Never tell anyone how you truly are
O-PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN