Mindfulness
Name the three states of mind
What are emotional, logical and wise mind. ID, EGO and SUPEREGO
Benefits of Emotional Regulation
To train your body effective ways to control actions and/or intense emotions.
Somatic Exercises
What are exercises focused on regulating physical symptoms of mental struggles (deep breathing, meditation, relaxation, mindfulness and movement exercises)
Middle Path
The overall goal of DBT is to "walk the middle path". This means to avoid black and white thinking (encourages the consideration of emotions and logic before acting).
Mindfulness exercises
What is grounding, 5 senses and meditation
What is behavior tracking
What is accepting life on life's terms. (I.E accepting facts about yourself and changes in life that occur).
What is communication skills
Normalizing
What is recognizing common patterns/norms regarding human and animal behaviors
Dysregulation
What is becoming emotionally distraught, unstable/upset.
Benefits
Decreased anxiety, stress, depression and increases social-emotional awareness.
Self-Comparison
A concept of the ACCEPTS skill that teaches emotional regulation through the use of comparing progress you currently have made, to progress you have made historically. Or comparing your conditions to someone less fortunate, in effort to improve satisfaction/contentment.
Purpose of Mindfulness Techniques
To slow the mind down to increase attentiveness and self-awareness. Intent is to elicit peace.
Benefits of Distress tolerance
Increase ability to maintain self-control when/if faced with stress/conflict (i.e during arguments, when anxious/scared/depressed)