Prevention
This is anything that increases your urge to use substances.
What is a trigger?
This therapy teaches that our thoughts affect our feelings and behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
This is your body's natural response to a challenge or demand.
What is stress?
This is a limit you set to protect yourself, your well-being, and your relationships.
What is a boundary?
This type of therapy is abbreviated as DBT.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
This is the name for the uncomfortable emotional or physical urge to use drugs.
What is a craving?
"I failed one test. I'm going to fail my whole life."
This cognitive distortion is...
What is catastrophizing?
This healthy habit has the biggest impact on mood, concentration, and emotional regulation.
What is sleep?
This relationship pattern occurs when one person constantly sacrifices their own needs to take care of someone else.
What is codependency?
This DBT skill teaches you how to get through a crisis without making the situation worse.
What is distress tolerance?
This recovery strategy identifies your triggers, warning signs, coping skills, and support people before a relapse occurs.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
"My friends didn't text me back. They must hate me."
This cognitive distortion is...
What is mind reading?
This is the ability to understand and manage your emotions in healthy ways.
What is emotional regulation?
This relationship style involves relying on each other while still maintaining your own identity and independence.
What is interdependence?
This DBT skill teaches you how to ask for what you need while maintaining healthy relationships.
What is interpersonal effectiveness?
This stage of recovery happens when someone starts thinking, "Maybe I should change."
What is Contemplation?
"I made one mistake so I'm a terrible person."
This cognitive distortion is...
What is labeling?
This emotion says, "I am bad." This emotion focuses on who you are instead of what you did.
What is shame?
This behavior removes the natural consequences of another person's unhealthy choices.
What is enabling?
This DBT concept means accepting reality as it is, even if you don't like it.
What is Radical Acceptance?
This relapse stage is when someone begins thinking about using again but hasn't actually used.
What is mental relapse?
This CBT skill involves looking for evidence for and against a thought.
What is challenging or reframing a thought?
This practice involves paying attention to the present moment without judging your thoughts or feelings.
What is mindfulness?
This is the ability to honestly express your thoughts, feelings, and needs while respecting others.
What is assertive communication?
This DBT acronym teaches you how to ask for what you need or say no while maintaining self-respect and healthy relationships.
What is DEAR MAN?