Mindfulness
The ability to be aware of your thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and actions in the present moment.
What is mindfulness according to DBT?
A DBT skill used to gain control over intense feelings
What is "identifying and labeling emotions"?
Getting what you want, maintaining the relationship, maintaining self respect.
According to DBT what are the three possible goals of effective interpersonal communication?
Distracting oneself from distressing emotions and situations through various activities.
What is "wise mind ACCEPTS"?
(Activities, Contributing, Comparison, replacing Emotions, Pushing Away, Thoughts, Sensations)
What kind of mind DBT says we are experiencing when we are acting and thinking from our feelings.
What is emotion mind?
This mindfulness "what" technique in DBT encourages individuals to focus on the present moment, describing facts without judgments.
What is the describe skill?
Engaging in activities that help them feel better when experiencing overwhelming emotions.
What is "opposite action"?
An acronym to effectively navigate conflicts and maintain self-respect, even when their feelings are intense.
What is "FAST"
(Fair, no Apologies, Stick to values, be Truthful)
Focusing on your breath and observing your bodily sensations.
What is "TIPP"?
(Temperature, Intense activity, Paced breathing, Progressive muscle relaxation)
What kind of mind DBT says we are experiencing when we are acting and thinking without taking our emotions into account.
What is reason mind?
One mindfully, non judgmentally, and effectively.
What are the three Mindfulness how skills?
Anger, Anxiety, and Guilt are all examples of this type of emotion.
What is a secondary emotion?
An acronym for assertively saying “no” while preserving the relationship and self-respect.
What is "DEAR MAN" used for?
(Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, Mindful, Appear, Negotiate)
Considering the positive and negative consequences of emotions and behaviors before making a decision.
What is "making a pros and cons list"?
What kind of mind DBT says we are experiencing when we are acting and thinking rationally AND taking our emotions into account.
What is wise mind?
The capacity to hold space lovingly for your own or another beings suffering.
What is compassion?
Emotions are experienced in this part of our consciousness.
What is the bodymind?
An acronym for effectively communicating with others.
What is "GIVE"?
(Gentle, Interested, Validate, Easy manner)
Accepting a situation as it is, without judgment, and finding ways to cope with it effectively.
What is radical acceptance?
Two mutually opposing readings or interpretations of a situation which can only be resolved by a transcendent third reading (e.g, Emotion mind/Reason mind/Wise mind).
What is the "dialectic"?
Marsha Linehan adapted mindfulness for DBT from her personal experience with this major world religion.
What is Buddhism?
This body part connects mind and body and responsible for psychological arousal aka the fight, flight, freeze, appease response.
What is the vagus nerve?
"When you do X, I feel Y. If you did A instead, I would feel B instead".
What is the formula for non violently requesting change from someone else?
Create a plan for coping with intense emotions by engaging in healthy activities.
PLEASE, which stands for "physical illness, eating, avoiding mind altering substances, sleep, exercise" is used to do what?
Marsha Linehan developed DBT to help this particular population, although it has been shown to be effective with people who have been diagnosed with other disorders.
Who were ciswomen diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?