Fighting Fear
Fun Facts
Communication
Behaviours & Thoughts
Our Group
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A feeling of trepidation and worry that can prevent us from doing things in life that we want to do.
What is anxiety
100
Common physical reactions to anxiety.
What is: heavier breathing, racing heart rate, sweaty palms, feeling sick to ones stomach, feeling nauseated?
100
The optimal style of communication (the choices are aggressive, assertive or passive).
What is Assertive Communication?
100
A very common negative coping strategy when feeling anxious.
What is Avoidance?
100
The name of 4 people in our group.
What are: Andrew, Nicole, Molly, Will, Josh, Kyle and Alicia?
200
This is the process whereby one stays in the feeling of anxiety as it builds and then slowly gets better
What is Riding the Worry Wave
200
The root of excessive or unhealthy anxiety.
What is Distorted Thoughts?
200
Assertive individuals use this body language.
What is good eye contact, good posture and clear voice?
200
The name of the three group facilitators.
What are: Randy, Janet and Vince?
300
A gradual plan of creating small steps that will eventually help one to fight their fear and accomplish a specific goal
What is A Step Ladder
300
The Chilled philosophy of how to Fight Fear.
What is Fighting Fear by Facing Fear
300
The term used when we changed our distorted thoughts into more realistic thoughts.
What is Realistic Thinking?
300
The first Exposure our group completed.
What is giving a speech to a room full of strangers?
400
The worst possible time to leave an anxiety provoking situation.
What is The height of the anxiety?
400
An effective way to challenge distorted thoughts and create more realistic thoughts.
What is Experimental Exposures?
400
What one should do after successfully completing a step on their step ladder or after facing a fear.
What is give oneself A Reward?
400
When realistic thinking is not having a huge impact on ones worry rating, this is another coping strategy.
What is Acting As If?
400
Specific exposures group members had to complete during the second field trip to the mall.
What are: a real job interview, ordering food at the food court without money, dropping a food tray in the middle of the food court, making a mistake while ordering something at both Tim Horton's and McDonalds, sitting alone in the food court, asking a stranger for directions and the time.
500
A way to rate your worry on a scale of 1-10
What is A Worry Scale?
500
List 3 initial steps to facing the fear of going to a friend's home for a sleep over.
What are 1. hanging out with the friend at a setting outside of ones home 2. hanging out with the friend at their home but not sleeping over 3. going to the friend's home for gradually longer periods of time until working up to a full sleep over
500
The best time to move up a step on ones step ladder.
What is When the current Step becomes too easy?
500
The most common reason an anxious individual is unable to move to the next step in their step ladder.
What is Their Steps are too big?
500
The most embarrassing exposure.
What is Randy calling for Joe across the food court?
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