DISTRESS TOLERANCE
This skill helps you survive emotional pain without making things worse.
What is distress tolerance?
These skills are used during a crisis, not to feel better long-term, but to do this.
What is survive the moment?
The “S” in STOP stands for this.
What is stop?
The “T” in TIPP involves changing body this.
What is temperature?
Accepting reality does NOT mean this.
What is approving or liking the situation?
Distress tolerance skills are most useful when emotions are this.
What are intense and overwhelming?
Name one example of a crisis survival skill.
What is ice, paced breathing, distraction, self-soothing, or grounding?
The “T” in STOP reminds you to do this with your body.
What is take a step back?
This TIPP skill involves intense, short-term movement.
What is intense exercise?
This skill involves accepting what is, instead of fighting it.
What is radical acceptance?
True or False: Distress tolerance is about solving the problem right away.
What is false?
This DBT acronym reminds us to pause before reacting.
What is STOP?
The “O” in STOP means to do this before acting.
What is observe?
Paced breathing helps slow this down.
What is heart rate?
True or False: Pain plus non-acceptance equals suffering.
What is true?
The main goal of distress tolerance is to get through the moment without doing this.
What is making the situation worse?
True or False: Crisis survival skills should be used every day all the time.
What is false?
The “P” in STOP encourages you to do this wisely.
What is proceed mindfully?
TIPP skills are best used when emotions are at a ___ level.
What is very high or extreme?
This happens when we say “It shouldn’t be this way.”
What is non-acceptance or suffering?
Distress tolerance focuses on short-term coping when this cannot be changed immediately.
What is the current situation?
These skills are helpful when emotions are too high for problem-solving.
What are crisis survival skills?
The STOP skill is especially helpful when you feel this urge.
What is the urge to act impulsively?
TIPP skills work by changing this system in your body.
What is the nervous system?
Radical acceptance can reduce this emotional experience.
What is suffering?