Mindfulness
You just found out you made a big mistake at work and feel your chest tighten with anxiety. Instead of firing off an angry email, you freeze, physically step away from your desk, notice your feelings, and choose a calmer approach. You just successfully used this DBT skill.
What is the STOP skill?
Acknowledging that someone’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors make total sense given their past experiences or current situation
What is validation?
Noticing your body sensations is part of which mindfulness skill?
What is observe.
Accepting things for what they are.
What is radical acceptance.
The "G" in Give stands for
What is "be Gentle"
An emotion regulation skill to use when trying to figure out if your emotional reactions fit the facts of the situation.
What is Check the Facts?
This distress tolerance skill is all about being kind and comforting to yourself by using your five senses.
What is self soothe
What does the A in FAST stand for?
What are no apologies.
Name 3 things emotions do for you
Motivate action
communicate with others
communicate to ourselves
This acronym in the ACCEPTS skill set reminds you to turn your attention outward and focus on helping someone in need to temporarily distract from emotional pain.
What is contribute?
The "G" in GIVE stands for
What is be Gentle?