PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN “I’m fine” “I’m just tired” “it’s just a headache” Crying alone every day Being lonely and isolating yourself even more Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative No one understands why you act the way you do Feel like you always messing up Feeling worthless and empty Being numb all the time Angry at people who don’t have mental illness Feeling all of these and more every single day Not wanting to leave your bed Insomnia Never tell anyone how you truly are Everyone thinking you’re “just sad” Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep Having no motivation to do anything Being the “happy” friend Pushing people away when you need them most Hating yourself constantly Forgetting to eat Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless Getting triggered by the smallest things Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it Convincing yourself everyone hates you PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN “I’m fine” “I’m just tired” “it’s just a headache” Crying alone every day Being lonely and isolating yourself even more Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative No one understands why you act the way you do Feel like you always messing up Feeling worthless and empty Being numb all the time Angry at people who don’t have mental illness Feeling all of these and more every single day Not wanting to leave your bed Insomnia Never tell anyone how you truly are Everyone thinking you’re “just sad” Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep Having no motivation to do anything Being the “happy” friend Pushing people away when you need them most Hating yourself constantly Forgetting to eat Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless Getting triggered by the smallest things Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it Convincing yourself everyone hates you
(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.
O-PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN
N-“I’m fine” “I’m just tired” “it’s just a headache”
N-Crying alone every day
I-Being lonely and isolating yourself even more
N-Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative
G-No one understands why you act the way you do
N-Feel like you always messing up
G-Feeling worthless and empty
G-Being numb all the time
I-Angry at people who don’t have mental illness
O-Feeling all of these and more every single day
O-Not wanting to leave your bed
O-Insomnia
I-Never tell anyone how you truly are
B-Everyone thinking you’re “just sad”
B-Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep
I-Having no motivation to do anything
B-Being the “happy” friend
N-Pushing people away when you need them most
B-Hating yourself constantly
O-Forgetting to eat
I-Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless
B-Getting triggered by the smallest things
G-Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it
G-Convincing yourself everyone hates you