Each of the numbered items provides a mental health self-care message. But before each message can be understood, three words will need to be unscrambled. The Outpost hopes unscrambling will be fun. We also hope you’ll work on the messages with trusted individuals, possibly relatives, friends or classmates. Be sure to get definitions for words or phrases unfamiliar to you. Correct spelling is not provided; so, stick with those you find hard to solve.

 
Fun Unscrambling
 
1. If you’re tentapi______________ , each time you creamlbuns _________________ letters in bold you’ll have a bit of yoj ______.

 
 
 
2. Understanding how your indm ________ works sephl __________ you think in hylaeht ______________ ways.

 
 
 
3. People dene ________ to feel bela ________. We feel able when we edcecsu ______________.
 
 
 
4. Learning a liskl __________ and ginkeaps ________________ up for ourselves are nommoc ____________ ways to feel able.
 
 
 
5. dsnnKise ________________ and sifsnare ______________ are pures __________ ways to feel able.
 
 
 
6. People ndee ________ to feel esolc __________. We feel close when we feel involved, or tedconecn _______________.
 
 
 
7. Playing a game with a bydud __________ and walking a tep ______ are common yaws ________ to feel close.
 
 
 
8. ndessniK ________________ and irfassen ________________ are erusp __________ ways to feel close.
 
 
 
9. Like gintae ____________ and sleeping, ginflee ______________ able and close is sought ladyi __________.
 
 
 
10. Ringnimed __________________ ourselves we need to feel able and close can help us kees ________ them in ways we can ttsur __________.
 
 
 
11. turH _______ often lowslof ___________ times people eslo ________ feeling able or close.
 
 
 
12. Hurt sarnw __________ us to make eusr ________ we’re tingteg ________ what we need and want in kind and fair ways.
 
 
 
13. uchM ________ hurt can be dedvoai ______________ when we seek geelinf _______________ able and close by being kind and fair.
 
 
 
14. Figuring out what rhoubtg ______________ about our hurt sometimes takes ttingmiad __________________ we made something or someone too tantorimp __________________.
 
 
 
15. neRmai ____________ nope ________ to kind and fair ways yaws ________ to feel able and close.
 
 
 
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17. Because everyone is wedalf ___________, yeeevron _______________ makes kessmita ________________.
 
 
 
18. When our ssatkeim ________________ hurt us, we’re likely yingrle ________________ on a way of feeling able or close too umhc ________.
 
 
 
19. Once again, we sometimes want to deeccsu ______________ or be kidel __________ too hmcu________.
 
 
 
20. Almost all hurtful ssleo _________, even those enco _______ providing much ableness and closeness, can be lacdeerp ________________.
 
 
 
21. Finglia ______________ at something is often a rembum ____________ because we make it too big of a laed ________.
 
 
 
22. Remember, ginsems ______________ up doesn’t make you horuntyw ________________. It makes you anhmu __________.
 
 
 
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24 Keep in mind that being kind and fair to hostre ____________ and leyfuors ________________ is ficterir ________________ self-care.
 
 
 
25. When you vitres __________ to atapcpeire _______________ what another is iepncexreing _____________________, you’re empathic.
 
 
 
26. Being pacmetih ________________ gives people the ingunstandder ________________________ they eend ________ to be kind and fair.
 
 
 
27. ecNi ________ people wosh ________ hemtayp ______________ often.  
 
 
28. Empathy sephl ________ us like ourselves by making us llyike ____________ to be a nice person who doesn’t put others ndwo ________.
 
 
 
29. Humble people wkon ________ everyone has hurtful ssseol ________ that aren’t completely ledhae ____________ .
 
 
 
30. Like being pathicme ________________ , being blemuh ____________ is a very leluhfp ______________ way to think and feel.
 
 
 
31. People are leuhmb ____________ when they zeelira ______________ they, too, sesm ________ up.
 
 
 
32. People usually wkon ________ when they’re idkn ________ or iraf ________. That’s good self-care.
 
 
 
33. People usually kwno ________ when they’re ndnuik ____________ or iarfun ____________ . That’s hurtful self-care.
 
 
 
34. tiHyumil ____________ makes tionmiluhia ______________ less likely by helping people not expect to be fercept _____________.
 
 
 
35. Hre’s a darh ________ , but very helpful, onssel ____________: The only one who can atehulimi __________________ us is us.
 
 
 
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37. Everyone is sometimes pemdtte ______________ to do or get something by being unkind or unfair. sisRet ____________ such esmit ____________.
 
 
 
38. One way to neigmai ______________ how nice people care for their mind is by grindea ______________ the iintofc ______________ at the Outpost.
 
 
 
39. Remember, empathy and humility treace ____________ the cinneess ________________ needed to have a yehhlat ______________ mind.
 
 
 
40. See kindness and fairness as zirep __________ sssssooipen ______________________, not to be vigen __________ up.