Skills
Examples/Scenarios
Distress Tolerance
Multiple Choice
Random DBT
100

What does 'STOP' stand for?

Stop, Take a step back, Observe, Proceed mindfully

100

Provide an example/scenario where distress tolerance skills would be helpful.

Explain.

100

Name 1 of the 3 reasons we practice distress tolerance.

#1 Pain is part of life and can’t always be avoided

#2 If you can’t deal with your pain, you may act impulsively

#3 When you act impulsively, you may end up not getting what you want or making the situation worse.

100

You are in a crisis when the situation is:

a. Highly stressful

b. Short-term

c. Creates intense pressure to resolve the crisis now

All of the above

100

Dialectic means: 

two opposite ideas can be true at the same time

200

Use (blank) and (blank) any time you have to decide between 2 courses of action. 

pros and cons

200

Give an example of when you could use the "T Skill" in TIPP

Explain.

200

What is the goal of TIPP skills?

Changing your bodies response to stress


200

Watching a video of "Funny Puppies" when you are upset is using which ACCEPTS Skill?

A. Emotions

B. Sensations

C. Contributing

D. Comparisons

A. Emotions

200

What does DBT stand for?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

300

What does 'TIPP' stand for?

Temperature

Intense Exercise 

Paced Breathing

Paired Muscle Relaxation


300

Give an example of how you could self-soothe.

Explain.

300

A way to remember self-soothing is to think of each of ...

your 5 sense.

300

Which of the TIPP Skills would be easiest to do in a classroom? 

A. Temperature

B. Intense Exercise 

C. Paced Breathing

D. Progressive Muscle Relaxation 

C. Paced Breathing

OR

D. Progressive muscle relaxation

300

If I were to be 'walking the middle path', what mind would I likely be in?

Wise Mind

400

The three "what" skills are: 

Observe 

Describe

Participate 

400

Give me an example of when you might need to use Radical Acceptance

Explain

400

Name at least 3 ACCEPTS Skills:

Activities

Contributing

Comparisons

Emotions

Pushing Away

Thoughts

Sensations

400

When you submerge your face in cold water you engage your: 

A. Mammalian dive reflex

B. Endorphines 

C. Fight or Flight

D. Emotion mind

A. Mammalian Dive Reflex

400

What are the 5 modules of DBT?

1. Mindfulness

2. Interpersonal Effectiveness

3. Emotion Regulation

4. Distress Tolerance

5. Walking the middle path

500

How can you 'tipp your body temperature'?

By putting your face in cold water, taking a shower/bath, drinking something cold

500

Give me an example of when you could use the second "P Skill" in TIPP. (Progressive muscle relaxation) 

Explain

500

What is the name for when you cannot keep painful events and emotions from coming your way.

Radical Acceptance

500

The TIPP skill that helps increase oxygen flow to my brain and reduce anxiety is: 

A. Temperature

B. Intense Exercise

C. Paced Breathing 

D. Progressive muscle relaxation

B. Intense Exercise

500

Provide an example of a dialectic.

Explain.

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