Emotional Guru
Break It Down!
Practice Makes Practiced
Trouble? Shoot!
Altogether Now!
100

This skill describes observing, describing, and allowing feelings without judgement or blocking.

What is "Mindfulness of Current Emotions?"

100

You are at your skills breakdown point when this experience is very high.

What is "Emotional Distress?"

100

The "I" in TIPP stands for this.

What is "Intense Exercise"?

100

Troubleshoot emotional regulation skills when what you're doing isn't _________ .

What is "Working"?

100
These skills help you to reduce emotional vulnerability.

What is "ABC PLEASE"?

200

This is the umbrella term for the group of skills that are needed in a skills breakdown point.

What is "Crisis Survival (skills)?"

200

When you are at your skills breakdown point, you want to do this kind of breathing.

What is "Paced (breathing)"?

200

This technique describes "focus on your body to tense and then relax muscles, one group at a time".

What is "Progressive Muscle Relaxation"?

200

The first step of troubleshooting is to check this, which involves checking for untreated physical illness, diet, sleep, exercise, medications, etc.

What is "Biological Sensitivity / Vulnerability"?

200
Do this when you want to focus on changing emotional thoughts and interpretations.

What is "Check the Facts"? (Or Thought Records? Radical Acceptance? Mindfulness of Thoughts?)

300

Suppressing emotion increases this experience.

What is "Suffering?"

300

This skill moves your mind away from what is distressing you.

What is "Distraction"?

300

This skill involves the five senses.

What is "Self-Soothe"?

300

If your emotions are in accordance with your beliefs or identity and motivate you to do things that are important to you, then practice doing this for yourself. 

What is "(self)-Validation"?

300

This skill can be used to reduce emotional prompting events.

What is "Problem Solving"? Or "Distraction" (change awareness) / "Interpersonal Effectiveness" (when problem involves someone else)

400

When you experience an emotion as a wave, it tends to have this effect.

What is "Comes and Goes"?

400
In times of extreme emotionality, you can do this to the moment.

What is "IMPROVE"?

400

You use this ability when you think of being somewhere else or in a different situation.

What is "Imagination"?

400

Use this skill whenever you need to find reasons or motivation to work on skills.

What is "Pros and Cons"?

400

When practicing opposite action, we want to do it in this manner that involves our mind, body, spirit.

What is "All The Way"?

500

This skill helps you answer the question, "Do I really fall apart at this level of arousal?" or "Am I not wanting to use skills because they seem too hard?"

What is "Check The Facts"?

500

When experiencing immovable willfulness, ask yourself this question because really immovable willfulness usually involves a sense of danger/catastrophe.

What is, "What's the Threat?"

500

When using TIPP skills, you are changing this aspect of your body.

What is "(body) Chemistry"?

500

This is something that can get in the way of using emotional regulation skills, such as "There is a right way to feel in every situation" or "My emotions are who I am".

What is "Emotion Myths"?

500

In the emotion model, this type of emotions could show up in response to your initial emotion as an aftereffect.

What is "Secondary (emotions)"?

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