Depression
What is the difference between depression and sadness?
Sadness: circumstantial, lasts a few hours-days, goes away; does not have dramatic effect on day-to-day life
Depression: persistent, total lack of motivation, effects relationships, AND day-to-day life functioning
Provide one example per teammate of a physical symptom of anxiety?
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How can journaling be used to improve emotional intelligence?
Allows for free-flowing thoughts, which allow for emotions to be expressed, and when expressed on paper, it is easier to identify and label emotions, in order to cope better with the emotion.
Define self-esteem
The way you feel about yourself.
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people are married
Provide one example per team member of a physical symptom of depression
lethargy, lack of motivation, isolation, tearfulness, irritability
Provide four examples of coping skills for anxiety
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Why is it important to recognize and label emotions?
Being able to recognize and label emotions helps to regulate them.
Why is goal-setting important for self-esteem
What is your first name?
YES
Define self-care? Why is self-care important?
Ways to be kind to yourself through activities
Accumulation of positive experiences, allows you to feel better through doing things for yourself
Can anxiety ever be a motivator? Why or why not?
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Explain distress tolerance
Being able to withstand an uncomfortable emotion by using appropriate coping skills
skills the allow us to tolerate uncomfortable emotions and situations
Bookkeeper
Define and explain every letter in the IMPROVE skill
I-IMAGERY: imagine a safe place for a moment
M-MEANING: try to find purpose of a situation
P-PRAYER: literally pray, look to your WISE MIND
R-RELAXATION: Guided meditation, breathing exercises
O-ONE THING IN THIS MOMENT: focus on one task at a time
V-VACATION: take a break
E-ENCOURAGEMENT: cheerlead yourself "you can do this" "this feeling is temporary"
Why is the STOP skill useful?
Allows you to take time to get to WISE MIND to make a more effective choice
What does it mean to be self-aware?
Aware of your emotions, surroundings, physical sensations
What is confidence
security in one's abilities
What disappears as soon as you say it's name?
Silence
builds tolerance to uncomfortable emotions, allows you to use different coping skills
What does it mean to challenge a negative or anxious thought?
Use logic and "best case" "worst case" scenarios in order to combat and replace negative thoughts with realistic, positive thoughts.
For the TIPP skill, each team member define and describe which piece you find most helpful for you?
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What is a positive affirmation? How are they used?
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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter 'm'