Cognitive Distortions
This distortion happens when you assume you know what someone else is thinking.
What is Mind Reading?
This DBT skill reminds us to stop before reacting impulsively.
What is STOP?
Mad, irritated, frustrated, and furious are all part of this emotion family.
What is Anger?
This grounding skill uses five senses to bring you into the present moment.
What is 5-4-3-2-1?
How many sides does a standard stop sign have?
What is 8?
You fail one test and think, "I'm going to fail every class."
What is Catastrophizing?
Taking slow deep breaths helps activate this part of the nervous system.
What is the Parasympathetic Nervous System?
Nervous, worried, and panicked belong to this emotion family.
What is Anxiety/Fear?
Name one healthy coping skill you can use in residential treatment.
Journaling, drawing, talking, exercise, music, etc.
This animal can sleep standing up.
What is a Horse?
This distortion involves seeing things as all good or all bad, with no middle ground.
What is All-or-Nothing Thinking?
Name one healthy way to regulate anger.
exercise, breathing, talking to someone, taking space, etc.
Name three emotions that are not anger, sadness, or happiness.
Various answers.
TIPP is a DBT skill. Name one of the four letters.
Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, Progressive Muscle Relaxation.
What is the most common favorite ice cream flavor in the United States?
What is Vanilla?
A friend doesn't text back and you immediately assume they hate you.
What is mind reading?
When your emotions feel so intense that you can't think clearly, you may be outside your ________.
What is the Window of Tolerance?
A person who feels embarrassed after tripping in front of peers might be experiencing this emotion.
What is Shame or Embarrassment?
True or False: Avoiding emotions forever makes them go away.
False.
A buffalo, a tomato, and a therapist walk into a room. Create a funny story in 30 seconds.
Creative responses.
Name one cognitive distortion and give an example.
Various answers accepted.
Give all four parts of the STOP skill.
Explain the difference between a thought and a feeling.
Thoughts are beliefs/ideas; feelings are emotions.
Create a coping plan for someone feeling overwhelmed.
Various responses accepted.
Team Challenge: One player must act out an emotion without speaking while teammates guess.
Correct emotion identified.