Rest & Recovery
Taking a nap, sleeping in, or allowing your body to physically relax falls under this type of rest.
Physical Rest
This term describes the zone in which a person can experience emotion while still thinking and functioning effectively.
What is the window of tolerance?
DBT stands for this type of therapy.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
Taking medication according to the agreed dose and schedule is often called medication this.
What is adherence?
Deep breathing, grounding, and progressive muscle relaxation belong broadly to this type of coping strategy.
What are physiological/calming coping skills?
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What is Barbie?
Stepping away from screens, bright lights, loud music, and constant notifications provides this kind of rest.
What is sensory rest?
Racing thoughts, panic, agitation, and feeling “amped up” are often signs of being above the window in this state.
What is hyperarousal?
Mindfulness involves intentionally bringing attention to this time period rather than getting lost in the past or future.
What is the present moment?
Before stopping or changing a prescribed medication because of side effects, the safest first step is generally to contact this person.
Who is the prescriber/healthcare provider?
Making a schedule or directly solving a fixable problem is this style of coping.
What is problem-focused coping?
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Who are Deadpool and Wolverine?
Spending time away from emotionally demanding conversations or people can provide this type of recovery.
What is emotional/ social rest?
Numbness, shutting down, feeling disconnected, or extreme fatigue may indicate this state below the window.
What is hypoarousal?
DBT teaches mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and this fourth major skill area.
What is distress tolerance?
Using a pill organizer, phone alarm, or linking medication to a daily routine can improve this.
What is medication adherence/consistency?
When a situation cannot currently be changed, strategies that help tolerate or process feelings are often called this type of coping.
What is emotion-focused coping?
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Who is Ariana Grande?
Someone who says, “My body isn’t tired, but I cannot make another decision today,” may need this type of rest.
What is mental/cognitive rest?
Slow breathing, grounding, and reducing stimulation may be especially helpful when someone is experiencing this high-arousal state.
What is hyperarousal?
In DBT, two things that appear opposite can both contain truth. This idea is called this.
What is dialectics/dialectical thinking?
“I feel better now, so I can stop the medication immediately” is risky reasoning because some medications require this rather than abrupt discontinuation.
What is gradual tapering under medical supervision?
Calling a trusted friend, attending a group, or asking a coworker for assistance uses this type of coping resource.
What is social support?
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What is Anxiety?
An accountant finishes work exhausted from concentration but tries to recover by scrolling social media for three hours. The activity may fail because it does not address this depleted resource.
What is mental rest?
A person stops talking during conflict, feels emotionally numb, and says, “I don’t even care anymore.” They may have moved into this zone.
What is hypoarousal/shutdown?
“I hate what is happening, AND I can acknowledge that it is happening” demonstrates this DBT principle.
What is acceptance without approval / radical acceptance?
A useful medication-management appointment involves discussing benefits, side effects, missed doses, concerns, and this information about everything else the person takes.
What is a complete medication/supplement list?
Your heart is racing before a presentation, but the presentation cannot be avoided. A better immediate strategy is grounding and paced breathing rather than trying to do this.
What is solve/eliminate the situation?
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What is Oppenheimer?
Recovery is often more effective when the type of rest you choose does this with the type of demand that depleted you.
What is match the recovery strategy to the source of exhaustion?
The goal of emotional regulation is not to eliminate emotion but to help a person do this.
What is return to or stay within their window of tolerance?
Mindfulness encourages noticing a thought such as “I’m going to fail” as a mental event rather than automatically treating it as this.
What is a fact/the truth?
Doctors and pharmacists need to know about prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and supplements partly because of the risk of these.
What are drug interactions?
The most effective coping skill is not necessarily the one that feels best immediately; it is one that fits the situation and does not create this later.
What are additional problems/negative consequences?
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What is Top Gun: Maverick?