Coping Skills
Which of the following is NOT a healthy coping skill? Stretching, deep breathing, distractions, or hurting yourself?
Hurting yourself
What does ANTs stand for?
Automatic Negative Thoughts
True or False: Everyone has the same reaction to trauma?
False
True or False: If you're afraid of something, you should just avoid it forever.
False
Name one thing you learned in CBITS.
Answers will vary
Name a coping skill you would use when feeling angry.
Deep breathing
What does PETs stand for?
True or False: Thinking about your trauma all the time, losing track of time or events, and having intense bursts of anger are all normal reactions to trauma?
True
Why is it important to face your fears in smaller steps?
So it's not too overwhelming
Name the 3 points of the CBITS Triangle
Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions
When do you need to use coping strategies?
When your Feeling Thermometer gets too high.
Name a question you can ask to turn an ANT into a PET.
Is there another way to think about this situation?
Name 3 ways trauma can affect your sleep
Nightmares; Can't fall asleep; Can't stay asleep
Why does it help to talk about your trauma with a safe person/group?
It helps you stop thinking about it all the time and lowers your feeling thermometer rating
Explain the connection between our thoughts, feelings, and actions following a traumatic event and how to disrupt that connection.
Following a traumatic event, we have Automatic Negative Thoughts that create negative feelings, which impact our actions.
Disrupt the connection with a Positive Empowering Thought, which creates more positive feelings and leads to more empowering actions
How do you know if a coping strategy has worked for you?
You're feeling thermometer rating goes down.
You text your friend but don't get a response back. Name your ANT and turn it into a PET.
My friend is mad at me. My friend must be busy and will respond when they have time.
Name 4 ways trauma can affect your relationships.
Isolating from others; Shutting down conversations; Conflict (feeling angry all the time); Smothering/Neediness
Name 3 things you may avoid in Ms. Jenn's scenario:
Main Street; Red trucks; Blue vans; Older women; Ambulance; Walking in the rain; Going out on Wednesdays
Define Trauma.
An event that is experienced as overwhelming or life-threatening that leaves lasting effects
Demonstrate how to do a breathing or guided imagery skill.
Talk the class through a breathing or guided imagery exercise
Those are not the type of people I want for friends. Go do something fun with a friend.
Headaches; Stomachaches; Racing Heart; Sweating; Chills
Create a 5 step staircase for facing the fear of dogs.
1. Look at pictures of dogs
2. What videos of dogs
3. Play with stuffed animal dogs/puppets
4. Share space but do not interact with dogs
5. Pet a safe/calm dog
Use your hand and arm to explain the 3 parts of the brain and what they do.
Thumb is the amygdala and hippocampus - regulate emotions and sense of safety.
Fingers wrapped around thumb is the prefrontal cortex regulates your ability to think and reason