Vulnerability Factors
What is a vulnerability factor?
An external or internal experience that increases vulnerability to Emotion Mind. Examples could be recent difficult emotional experience, being tired, being sick, not taking meds, trauma memory, etc.
Other than talking, how do we communicate our emotions?
What is through our body language. Voice tone, volume, posture and gestures.
What is the name for the changes in our body we feel when experiencing emotions?
What are Body Sensations.
Name (or act out) how a person's facial expression could look if they're angry.
What is frowning, scowling, red face, etc.
Name the skill that involves the process of identifying and choosing a solution to a problem.
What is Problem Solving.
Name the skill that involves caring for our bodies to care for our minds.
What is the PLEASE skill.
How do our emotions motivate us for action? (Try to provide an example)
What is they quickly tell you to act instead of having to think about things or can help us overcome obstacles. Ex a dog is running towards you and instead of thinking about what to do you feel scared and run.
What is name for a situation or experience that leads to having and emotion? (begins the Model of Emotions)
What is Prompting Event.
Name one way a person may behave if they're sad.
What is cry, withdraw from others and/or activities, talk less or quieter, etc.
Name the skill that involves doing the opposite of an emotion urge when acting on the urge won't help.
What is Opposite Action.
Name five ways to Accumulate Positive Emotions in the short-term.
See list from Handout 16.
How do our emotions influence others? (Try to give an example)
What is our emotions come through in body language, tone of voice, volume of our voice, etc. that can communicate how we're feeling and gets others to act in a particular way. Ex: You're going to open a closed down and I raise my eyebrows and shake my head indicating I think you should open it.
What is the name for the strong feeling associated with the "pull" to act on emotion?
What is action urge.
Name a prompting event a person experienced for fear.
What is having your life threatened, being alone, flashbacks, performing in front of others, being in similar situation when you've been hurt in the past, etc.
Name the skill of being attuned to and allowing yourself to experience your emotions in the present moment.
What is Mindfulness of Current Emotions.
Name the skill that involves doing something that gives you a sense of accomplishment.
What is Build Mastery.
Fill in the blank: "Emotional reactions give us ______ _______ about a situation".
What is important information.
What is name for the different factors a person can experience that can increase the likelihood of having intense emotions?
What are Vulnerability Factors.
Name an interpretation a person thinks when they're feeling guilt.
What is "I've done something wrong", "I've hurt others", "If only I'd done something differently", etc.
Name the skill that examines our interpretation of a prompting event to look for errors in thinking.
What is Check the Facts.
Name a few ways that ABC PLEASE skills can help reduce vulnerability factors and/or their impact.
Increasing enjoyable activities can enjoyable emotions, working towards long-term goals based on values can lead to a more fulfilling life overall, coping ahead with challenging situations can increase skill use, caring for your body can reduce how intense emotions feel
Name any emotion and its function (what information it gives us).
What is anger = feel wronged, sadness= feel a loss, fear = feel threatened/unsafe, guilt = feel have done something wrong
What is the name for the beliefs, opinions, and judgments we have about a prompting event?
What are Interpretations.
Name an internal body sensation a person may experience when feeling love.
What is butterflies in the stomach, fast heartbeat, full of energy, invincible, etc.
Name the skill that describes the process of having an emotion.
What is the Model of Emotions.