Forgetting to eat PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN Pushing people away when you need them most Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative Angry at people who don’t have mental illness Feeling all of these and more every single day Being lonely and isolating yourself even more No one understands why you act the way you do Being numb all the time Having no motivation to do anything Not wanting to leave your bed Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless Self medicating with drugs and alcohol Insomnia Oversleeping and still being exhausted Feeling worthless and empty Hating yourself constantly Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it Being the “happy” friend Convincing yourself everyone hates you Everyone thinking you’re “just sad” Crying alone every day Getting triggered by the smallest things Forgetting to eat PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN Pushing people away when you need them most Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative Angry at people who don’t have mental illness Feeling all of these and more every single day Being lonely and isolating yourself even more No one understands why you act the way you do Being numb all the time Having no motivation to do anything Not wanting to leave your bed Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless Self medicating with drugs and alcohol Insomnia Oversleeping and still being exhausted Feeling worthless and empty Hating yourself constantly Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it Being the “happy” friend Convincing yourself everyone hates you Everyone thinking you’re “just sad” Crying alone every day Getting triggered by the smallest things
(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-Forgetting to eat
O-PAIN physical, mental, emotional PAIN
N-Pushing people away when you need them most
B-Hoping you don’t wake up from your sleep
N-Pretending to be okay so you’re not overly negative
I-Angry at people who don’t have mental illness
O-Feeling all of these and more every single day
I-Being lonely and isolating yourself even more
G-No one understands why you act the way you do
G-Being numb all the time
I-Having no motivation to do anything
O-Not wanting to leave your bed
I-Feeling humiliated for being lost and helpless
N-Self medicating with drugs and alcohol
O-Insomnia
I-Oversleeping and still being exhausted
G-Feeling worthless and empty
B-Hating yourself constantly
G-Wanting to die and feeling ashamed bc of it
B-Being the “happy” friend
G-Convincing yourself everyone hates you
B-Everyone thinking you’re “just sad”
N-Crying alone every day
B-Getting triggered by the smallest things