Emotion of the week
What was the emotion of the week?
Jealousy
What are safety behaviors?
Actions that we take to make us feel more comfortable with a situation we are anxious about.
What are compulsive behaviors?
An action you feel you need to do in order to stop a bad thing from happening.
What does it mean to be constructive?
Helpful
When do we feel jealous?
When we lose a relationship or a valued part of that relationship.
What is the problem safety behaviors?
They make us feel better in the short term but hurt us in the long term.
Any of the following:
You aren’t allowing yourself to see that behavior and the bad things you are worried about aren’t linked.
You waste time and energy on them.
You are feeding your anxiety Gremlin.
What do you do in a behavioral experiment?
Test out your fear and see what happens!
What are two kinds of relationships that may cause jealousy?
Any of the following:
romantic
parent/child
sibling
friendship
coworker
What will happen if you force yourself to confront a situation that makes you feel anxious?
Typically your anxiety will peek and then calms down gradually the longer you make yourself stay in the situation.
Give at least two examples of compulsive behaviors.
Any acceptable answer.
What is gradual exposure?
Gradual Exposure involves gradually facing your fears and worries by gradually putting yourself into situations you would normally avoid because of your anxiety
How do you tell the difference between jealousy and envy.
Ask yourself if you want something someone else has or if you are afraid to lose a relationship you already have.
Give examples of common safety behaviors.
Avoidance
Escaping/leaving situations
Reassurance seeking
Using something as a comfort when in anxiety provoking situation.
How would you encourage someone to stop their compulsive behavior?
Any acceptable answer
What is an exposure ladder?
Some summary of the following steps:
Write down the type of situation you get anxious about.
Draw a ladder.
On the bottom of the ladder place the first thing you want to do to confront your anxiety. This needs to be an action you will find easiest to do.
On the top of the ladder put the final step you want to achieve.
Put other gradual steps in between.
Start to perform each action on the ladder beginning with the action on the bottom.
As you tackle each step on your ladder, measure your anxiety on a scale of 1-10.
Move onto the next step when you are ready to.
If you are unable to do one of the actions, try breaking it down into smaller steps.
Reward and praise yourself for achieving each step.