Anxiety 101
This "response" describes what people do when they are in dangerous situations.
What is Fight-Flight-Freeze response?
Situation: Doing a presentation in front of the class
Thought: Everyone will laugh at me
What is overestimating the likelihood of negative consequence?
When Sara is anxious, she pictures herself lying on the beach, reading a book, feeling the sun on her skin, smelling the salty breeze, and hearing the sound of the waves crashing on the shore.
What is Visualization
Ryan challenging negative thoughts in the moment with positive and true statements.
What is positive self talk?
Being an active part in treatment.
What is helpful?
True or False
The goal of CBT is to completely remove anxiety
What is False?
If I have a panic attack, I will die
What is catastrophization?
This strategy teaches people to breathe in through their nose and out through there mouth, until a relaxation response is triggered.
What is Deep Breathing
Kaden imagining himself giving a presentation in front of his class, in great detail, every night before his actual presentation.
What is imaginary exposure?
"rescuing" parents/staff tend to do too much of this?
What is accommodating?
This term is used to describe when people's anxiety alarm goes off when there is no danger.
What is a false alarm?
Situation: A friend does not text you back
Thought: She hates me!
What is catastrophization?
This intervention teaches individuals to notice their feelings and thoughts without judging them. It may also include teaching people to focus and ground themselves to the present.
What is Mindfulness?
Zachary drives to school without retracing his route to make sure he did not hit anyone
What is exposure and response prevention?
Telling an anxious person it's okay to avoid everything that makes them anxious.
What is unhelpful?
In the first week of 7th grade, Jess found out she had to do a presentation in French in front of the class. She was already very nervous and then on the day of the presentation, she saw a video camera set up in her class. She no longer felt she could complete the presentation and begged her teacher to reschedule her. This is an example of which anxiety FFF response?
What is Flight? (or escape avoid)
Why bother trying? I’ll just screw it up
What is overestimating the likelihood of negative outcomes?
The relaxation strategy involves tightening and releasing muscles
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
Colleen coming up with different perspectives on an issue instead of getting stuck on one.
What is cognitive flexibility?
Using sensory based skills (music, painting, hot shower, reading)
What is helpful?
Genetics, environment, temperament, and stressful life events have been identified as this
What is Causes of anxiety disorders?
Situation: A person's friend is late to their birthday party.
Thought: "I knew they didn't want to come."
What is mindreading?
Using this strategy can help lower the body's stress "engine" to a nice, quiet hum, allowing us to solve problems better.
What is meditation?
Maria does deep breathing while looking at a picture of a snake
What is systematic desensitization?
When we ignore how we feel.