3 parts of an emotion
What are body clues, thoughts, and behaviours?
Jumping _____________
What is Jack?
3 Steps to Detective Thinking (hint: traffic lights)
What are Stop, Slow, and Go?
3 of the 5 senses we use when practicing Present-Moment Awareness
What are sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch (pick 3)?
3 body clues for anger
3 body clues for anxiety
What are fast heart rate, sweaty hands, shaking, fast breathing, butterflies in tummy, etc.?
______________ Nina
What is Negative?
Best time to use Detective Thinking or Problem Solving
What is BEFORE an emotion gets really strong?
Present-Moment Awareness: _________, Say Something about It, Experience It
What is Notice It?
True or false? If I keep practicing my exposures, over time my anxiety will not be so strong.
What is TRUE?
True or False Alarm? Nina is going to a sleepover and is scared that she will get laughed at for what she is wearing, so she decides not to go.
What is a false alarm?
Name the thinking trap:
You are going away to camp and you spend the whole time thinking about the bad things that could happen, and you ignore the fun parts.
What is Negative Nina?
4 steps to Problem Solving
What are:
- Define the problem
- Brainstorm solutions
- List pros and cons
- Pick a solution and try it out
True or False?
What practicing an exposure science experiment, I should NOT experience any emotion, like anxiety.
What is FALSE?
Names of the 4 thinking traps
What are Negative Nina, Disaster Darrell, Jumping Jack, Psychic Suki?
Name of the skill where you do a fun activity when you're feeling sad
What is Opposite Action?
Name the thinking trap:
You got a C on a test and you think that you will never graduate from high school.
What is Disaster Darrell?
Name a pro and con of this solution:
- apologizing after you hurt a friend's feelings
Pros: friend may feel better, kind thing to do, feel better about yourself, keeps the friendship going, etc.
Cons: might feel nervous, friend might still be upset, etc.
True or False? If I avoid a situation that makes me nervous, I will feel more anxious the next time that situation comes up.
What is TRUE?
What is a safety behaviour?
BDA stands for this.
What is Before, During, and After?
Name the thinking trap:
Your best friend is frowning when you walk into class and you think that she doesn't like you anymore.
What is Psychic Suki?
What are: how likely is it? what's happened in the past? what else could be true? if it is true, could I cope with it? am I 100% sure? etc.
Suzie is very afraid of heights and does not like visiting her grandparents on the 15th floor. Name 3 steps that could go on her emotion ladder to help her practice exposure.
What are: going to the 3rd floor, going to the 6th floor, going to the 10th floor, looking out the window from inside the apartment, standing on the balcony? (examples only)
Lead your family in practicing a body scan together!
Remember: close your eyes, slowly scan head to toe, see what you NOTICE, rate how strong each body clue is, EXPERIENCE IT.
You can do it!! :)