Change Skills
Accept Skills
Goals of Distress Tolerance Skills
When to use
Mindfulness
100

Paced breathing, Progressive Muscle relaxation, and temperature change are part of this Distress Tolerance Skill

TIPP

100

This skill is when we turn our hands upward 

Willing Hands

100

Distress Tolerance skills help us _________ reality so that we do not become stuck

Accept

100

A crisis is   _____ - term

Short

100

This skill is when we engage in seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, and experiencing what is around and within us

OBSERVE

200

This skill is when we stop, take a step back, observe and proceed mindfully

STOP

200

This skill is when we relax our face and allow the corners of our mouth to turn up slightly 

Half smile 

200

Survive Crisis Situations without __________

making things worse

200

When experiencing a crisis we want to resolve the issue ____________

Now/Immediately/ASAP

200

This skill is when we try to state what we observed in non-judgmental language

DESCRIBE

300

We make this kind of list to determine the best course of action when we are in distress

Pros and Cons 

300

the process of accepting reality as it is and not rejecting reality is 

Radical Acceptance 

300

When we refuse to accept a situation we turn pain into __________

Suffering

300

We use these skills when we recognize acting our emotions will _______________

make things worse/ run against our goals/ hurt us in the long run
300

Just this moment, not the past, not the future, but the present

One-Mindedness

400

Improving the moment using relaxation, imagery, prayer, and self encouragement are part of this distress tolerance skill 

IMPROVE

400

this skill is what we do to accept reality and prevent ourself from rejecting it. it is when we consciously and often repeatedly choose to accept reality and create a plan to continue to do so.

Turning the Mind 

400

One of our goals is to learn how to __________ all of the different skills we're learning, often mindfulness and distress tolerance are at the bottom of the ___________

Stack

400

Distress tolerance Skills Are Not for

Everyday problems, Avoiding solving a problem we are able to solve, Creating a life worth living

400

Engaging fully in the present moment

Participating

500

when we use activities, contributions, comparisons, emotions, and sensations to distract ourself we are using this skill 

ACCEPTS

500

this is doing just what is needed in each situation without rejecting reality 

Willingness

500

Distress Tolerance helps us free ourselves of ____________________ affecting our behaviors

Desires / Urges / Emotions (intense emotional pain) 

500

Distress tolerance Skills can help us shrink this part of our mind

Our emotion mind 

500

Accepting and participating in the present moment allows us to act 

Effectively 

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