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Name the first "what skill" of emotion regulation
Understand emotions
Your emotion is anger. Tell me how you experience this emotion in your body.
My face feels hot, feel like I'm shaking, fists clenched
You are doing an exposure where you have to have a conversation with someone. Your anxiety is telling you to run away. What's an opposite action you can take?
Talk to the person, say hi to the person, smile at the person
DOUBLE POINTS
What are emotions good for?
Communicate and influence others, organize and motivate action, emotions can be self-validating
Name the second "what skill" of emotion regulation.
Reduce emotional vulnerability
Your emotion is happiness. Tell me how you experience that emotion in your body.
Feel lighter, feel warm, etc
DOUBLE POINTS
Explain what opposite action is using one of your own examples from exposures.
CA or therapist in group decides if you get the points.
Explain to the group what the PLEASE acronym stands for and what it means
PhysicaL Illness
Balanced Eating
Avoid mood altering drugs
Balanced sleep
Exercise
Name the third "what skill" of emotion regulation.
Decrease emotional suffering
Your emotion is guilty. Tell me how you experience this emotion in your body.
Heart hurts, I feel heavy, cold
Give an example of opposite action with anger. Walk us through the steps.
CA or therapist in group decides if you get points.
DOUBLE POINTS
Tell us the three happiness myths and explain why they are myths
Myth 1: happiness is the natural state for human beings
Myth 2: Happiness means feeling good/experiencing pleasure
Myth 3: If you're not happy, you're defective
What is one of the skills (how skills) of emotion regulation?
Opposite action, identify emotions, PLEASE master, accumulate positive experiences
Your emotion is anxiety. Tell me how you experience this emotion in your body.
Nausea, tense shoulder, heart racing
Explain opposite action using an example from your own exposure.
CA or therapist in group decide if you get points
What is a vulnerability factor? Tell the group one of your vulnerability factors and your self-care goal
Vulnerability factors are things that make you more vulnerable to being controlled by your emotions