Coping Skills
What is it called when you say nice things about yourself to yourself?
Positive affirmations or positive self-talk
What is the first step to practicing radical acceptance?
Ask yourself if you are questioning or fighting reality
Helps us process loss, signal a need for support, and slow down to reflect, allowing us to adjust and heal from difficult experiences.
Sadness
Our emotions allow us to act quickly without needing to think too much. Why is this a benefit?
Safety and survival
The idea is that you can express your inner rebel in a way that is not destructive to yourself or others; a safer way to respect your desire to act out, stand out, or participate in risky endeavors.
Alternate Rebellion
We can use this skill when we feel unable to attend to a certain task emotionally, mentally, physically, or financially.
Saying "No"
Is allowing disappointment, sadness, or grief to arise within you a part of radical acceptance?
Yes
Nudges us to recognize when we've harmed someone or acted against our values, motivating us to make amends and grow from our mistakes.
Guilt
Any survival change earns points
It is a tool that can help us face painful emotions and experiences by accepting them fully without judgement.
Radical Acceptance
What are you using when you balance both the rational mind and the emotional mind?
The Wise Mind
What is the "Magical Question" when practicing Radical Acceptance?
"What would it look like if I didn't accept this situation versus what would it look like if I did radically accept this situation?"
Heightens awareness of potential threats, preparing us to take action, plan ahead, or avoid danger, even when the threat isn't immediate.
Anxiety
What is the purpose of emotions when it comes to memory making?
It is the neural glue that connects facts in our minds.
Learning how to identify our emotions and gently manipulate them in a way in which we can gain more access to pleasant or neutral emotions, and spend less time in uncomfortable or unpleasant emotions.
What does TIPP stand for?
Temperature change
Intense exercise
Paced Breathing
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Using accepting self-talk, relaxation techniques, mindfulness, or breathing meditations allows us to do what?
Practice accepting reality with your whole self (mind, body, spirit)
Serves as a social regulator, signaling when we've violated personal or societal values, prompting us to repair relationships or realign with our morals.
Shame
How do emotions impact future behaviors?
How you cope with an emotion most frequently is how you will likely continue to cope. You will continue to delay feeling of discomfort.
These are the universal social signals. They contain meaning not only about the expressor's emotional state but also about that person's intent or potential behavior.
Facial expressions
What is the name of the skill we use when we decide not to act on an emotion but instead do something totally different that will lead to healthier coping?
Opposite Action
What makes up the "radical" part of Radical Acceptance?
It is the full acceptance of reality, stop reporting with impulsive or destructive behaviors when things aren't going the way you wanted them to, and let go of bitterness that may be keep us trapped in a cycle of suffering
Signals that something is good, beneficial, or aligned with our values, encouraging us to seek more of it and reinforcing behaviors that promote well-being.
Happiness
Emotional expressions serve as nonverbal cues that communicate what to others?
Our needs
Intrapersonal communication is what?
Communicating with others