The ability to bear pain skillfully.
What is Distress Tolerance?
________ of reality, does not mean approval of reality
What is acceptance?
We need to learn how to get
through bad situations without making them worse.
What is Crisis Survival?
Doing just what is needed in each situation, with a focus on effectiveness.
What is Willingness?
(1) to be able to survive crisis situations without making them worse, and (2) to accept reality in order to move forward effectively.
_____ an event is separate from the event itself
What is observing?
Think of all the effective consequences of tolerating the distress. Imagine how good you will feel if you achieve your goals and choose to not act
impulsively.
What is a "Pro"?
Allowing your _____ to guide your actions
What is Wise Mind?
Through the use of radical acceptance, skillfully
deciding what behavior is effective, willingness to do what is effective, and
planning ahead.
What is "How to use Distress Tolerance"?
Accepting Things the Way They Are
What is Radical Acceptance?
Think of all the ineffective consequences of not tolerating your currentdistress. Remember what has happened in the past when you have acted
impulsively to escape the moment.
What is a "Con"?
Refusing to experience/tolerate your reality in the present moment
What is Willfulness?
Acceptance is acknowledging
What is "what is"?
_______ is surfing your own powerful
distress (current reality/emotion). Rather than fighting distress, it’s about allowing your distress to wash over you like a wave, riding it out until it
passes.
What is "Ride the Wave"?
Acknowledge the blunt reality (even when it’s painful).
and given that blunt reality, how can you be effective now?
What are the steps to Radical Acceptance?
We might feel like distress (current realities/emotions) will last forever, but it will eventually _______