Monday
Impulse control is much tougher when you're not in your wise mind. Which state of mind is more impulsive your "Rational Mind" or "Emotional Mind"?
Emotional Mind
Guilt and Shame are both difficult emotions. One is connected to the idea that "I have did something bad" and the other one is "I am a bad person".
Which one is Shame?
"I am a bad person"
The things and people that are really important to us, and the reasons why we do difficult things are known as ________.
Values
_______ is a skill we can use to separate ourselves from our thoughts
Defusion
What song did Mia sing this week?
Part of your world
________________ is focusing on "just the facts" and disentangling our opinions from the actual facts of the situation.
Non-judgmental stance
Singing in front of the group, asking Devan for a check in sheet, or dancing in front of the class are all examples of ______?
Anxiety exposures
________ is most effectively used when you know that you are going to be encountering a situation that is likely to produce stress.
Cope Ahead
_________ are simply ways which our mind convinces us of something that isn't really true
Cognitive Distortions
What cartoon network show was used to visualize defusion?
Steven Universe
Overanalyzing unchangeable situations, and bottling up our emotions are symptoms of being too far into which state of mind?
The Rational Mind
The person
To reduce emotional vulnerability, we can utilize the STRENGTH acronym. Name 3 of the of the 8 letters and how they are used.
Sleep
Take care of your body
Resist target behaviors
Exercise
Nutrition
Gain Mastery
Time for yourself
Healthy self-talk
_________ should be specific, measurable attainable, relevant and time bound.
SMART goals
Who were the new starts this week?
Matt, Juliana, Julian, Charlotte, Owen, AJ
Free space. Collect 400 points or sing in front of the group (usually the most difficult anxiety exposure) for 800 points.
:)
When struggling with depression or anxiety, we can often engage in a lot of negative self-talk. Taking a moment to focus on positive attributes about yourself "I look good when I..." or "One of my positive traits is..." are known as ________
Self-affirmations
You're having a bad day and decide to switch up your daily routine. You sleep in, make a healthy meal for yourself and work on some art. Which skill is being used here?
STRENGTH
Weird Replacements
During the March Gladness group on Tuesday, what were the final two categories at the end of the game?
Nintendo games vs. Hoodies
It's impossible not to judge we do it all the time. However, it's important to recognize what are judgments are about ourselves and others because they heavily influence our ______ and _______
Thoughts and feelings.
Because it’s impossible to be perfect, people who feel shame from not being good enough will often:
*Name at least one way people distract themselves from feeling shame*
Hide their imperfections
Shift blame to others
Do something to numb their shameful feelings
You have an upcoming test you are worried about and decide to cope ahead. You first describe the situation using only facts. It's important in this step to name the _______ and ______ likely to interfere with using your skills.
Emotions and actions
You have been receiving good grades all semester long, until you get back one poor test grade. You start to say things like "I always make mistakes, I always get bad grades." Which type of cognitive distortion is this?
Overgeneralization
On Monday during a non-judgmental group activity we put our judgments (post-its) on random topics. What were the most common thoughts about tik tok?
It was "cringey"