TIPP the scale
ACCEPTS the challenge
Five-Sense Soothe
Radical Acceptance and IMPROVE
DBT "Potpourri"
100

This letter in TIPP stands for cold water to slow your heart rate.

What is Temperature?

100

"C" is for this--doing something nice for someone else to feel better.

What is contributing?

100

Name a "Self-Soothe" skill you can do with your sense of smell

What is lighting a candle, smelling lotion, or fresh cookies.

100

This skill means accepting reality as it is, even if you don't like it.

What is radical acceptance?

100

What does DBT stand for

What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy?

200

Describe how to "pace" your breathing--is the exhale shorter or longer?

What is longer?

200

This "A" skill involves playing a video game or cleaning your room.

What are activities? 

200

Name two things you can see right now that are calming.

What is the desk, snow outside, or the tv. 

200

True or False: Accepting something means that you agree with it or like it?

What is False?

200

This "Mind" is the balance between your logical mind and your emotional mind.

What is Wise Mind?

300

Give Three example of "intense exercise" you can do in a small space.

What are jumping jacks, running in place, or pushups?

300

If you think about someone, having it worse than you, you are using this skill.

What are comparisons. 

300

How can you use taste mindfully

What is eating a piece of candy slowly or drinking cold water?

300

In the IMPROVE skills, "V" stands for this--taking a brief mental break.

What is a vacation?

300

Name the three "states of mind"

What are emotional, reasonable, and wise mind?

400

Explain the "Mammalian Dive Reflex" like you are a scientist. 

What is the body's natural response to cold water that slows the heart and conserves energy.

400

True or False: Taking a nap counts as "sensations" in the ACCEPTS acronym. 

What is False?

400

Give an example of using touch to self-soothe without a stress ball

What is petting a dog, wearing a soft hoodie, or taking a warm bath?

400

Name three things that belong in "crisis survival kit"

What is a stress ball, a fidget, a list of friends to call

400

This "STOP" Skill helps you pause before reacting. Name what the S stands for

What is stop?

500

Diet coke

What is Megan's favorite drink

500

Two girls'

How many children does Amanda have?

500

The Gym

What is Jason's favorite thing to do after work?

500

Disney World

What is Amanda's favorite thing to talk about?

500

The Patriots

Who didn't win the super bowl this year?

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