Safety
This safe coping skill involves listening to yourself with respect & care.
What is Compassion?
This term describes having both a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder like PTSD.
What is a dual diagnosis? (will also accept co-occurring disorder)
Name one time it is ok to NOT be honest.
What is When it is not safe (or When you have tried before and the person could not "hear" you/ When full honesty is not necessary?
Flexible, ability to protect against exploitation, and the ability to engage in balanced relationships are the examples of this.
What are healthy boundaries?
These can be used when you are triggered to manage your overwhelming emotions.
What are safe coping skills (will also accept Grounding techniques)?
Accepting all sides of yourself is also known as this safe coping skill.
What is integrating the Split Self?
Isolation, Lying, Cancelling Treatments, and Arrogant Euphoria are examples of these.
What are red flags?
Not saying something that you know to be true is an example of this.
What is passive lying?
Guilt, Threats, or Lying are forms of this.
What is manipulation?
Seeing a crack vial, hearing sad music, having money, or boredom are all examples of these.
What are triggers?
This stage of healing focuses on freeing yourself from substances, staying alive, building relationships, and learning to cope.
What is Safety?
This type of therapy is known to help both PTSD & Addiction together.
What is trauma-informed therapy? (will also accept integrated treatment or Seeking Safety)
Keeping you hidden and alone, making you feel ashamed, and hurting others are examples of this.
What is the cost of dishonesty?
Feeling attachment and love for an abuser is also known as this.
What is Stockholm Syndrome?
Feeling as though you will never be tempted to use substances again can also be referred to as this.
What is Pink Clouding (will also accept Arrogant Euphoria)?
This type of coping involves distractions, and is also referred to as "detaching from emotional pain".
What is Grounding?
There are two types of PTSD, what are they?
What is complex PTSD and Simple PTSD?
"Abstinence will be boring" is an example of substance abuse thinking. The recovery thought to this would be __________.
What is "I can try new things"?
Boundaries being too close can also be referred to as this.
What is enmeshed (Will also accept co-dependency)?
This is a common mistake some people make early in recovery that may involve going to a bar or hanging around people who are using.
What is testing yourself?
There are 3 major ways of grounding; name 1.
What is Mental, Physical, or Soothing?
Name two ways substance abuse prevents healing from PTSD.
What is Making PTSD symptoms worse, Prevent you from knowing yourself, Does not get needs met, Stalls emotion development, Isolates you, Keeps you from coping with your feelings, Takes away your control, Makes you hate yourself, or Is a way of neglecting yourself.
Thinking about who's telling you something, whether they can be trusted, and identifying their flaws is the process of this rethinking tool.
What is Notice The Source?
Boundaries being too distant can also be referred to as this.
What is Detached?
Name two out of the 8 most common triggers listed in this course.
What are Negative emotions, Social pressure, Relationship conflicts, Urges & temptations, Positive emotions with others, Testing personal control, Positive emotions alone, and Negative physical state?