Crisis Survival Strategies
What are vision, smell, taste, touch, and hearing?
The "P" in Wise Mind ACCEPTS stands for this
What is pushing away?
The "R" in Improve the Moment stands for this
What is relaxing?
Radical acceptance is not any of these things
What is approval, compassion, love, passivity, or against change?
Dialectical abstinence balances these two views of recovery
What are abstinence and harm reduction?
This is the purpose of the crisis survival skills
What is tolerating difficult emotions/situations without making them worse?
In Wise Mind Accepts, E stands for Emotion. The point of this skill is....
What is to replace difficult emotions with different, or less difficult, emotions?
The "V" in Improve the Moment represents this, and please provide an example.
What is (brief) vacation?
Example: get in bed and pull the covers over your head, turn off your phone for a day, take a breather from hard work, etc. (not an exhaustive list)
Finish this sentence: To accept something is not the same as judging it as _______ or ________.
What is good or bad?
These are the three states of mind when the crisis is addiction, not unlike emotion, reasonable, and wise minds
What are addict, clean, and clear mind?
This is one of many examples of how the vision skill can be used
What is looking at pleasing images, or any other acceptable answer (there are several)
The "T" in Wise Mind ACCEPTS stands for this. Please provide an example of how to use this skill.
What is thoughts?
Examples of how to use the skill: counting numbers or objects, repeating words to a song in your mind, doing puzzles, watching TV, or reading
The "E" in Improve stands for Encouragement. In the context of this skill, encouragement means this:
What is cheerleading oneself?
Pain creates suffering only when you refuse to accept the __________.
What is pain?
This is the meaning of community reinforcement
What is replacing addiction reinforcers with abstinence reinforcers?
A pros and cons matrix looks like this
What is the pros and cons of acting on crisis urges and the pros and cons of resisting crisis urges
One "C" in ACCEPTS stands for "Contributing." The point of this skill is...
What is distracting oneself by helping others?
When using the "I" skill of imagery to make up another place or world, it is important to make sure the place you imagine is...
What is safe and secure?
This is the purpose of the half-smiling and willing hands skill
What is accepting reality with your body?
This is what you do when you walk into the garage of abstinence
What is slam the garage door shut?
These are three of the four crisis survival skillsets
What are the STOP Skill, Pros and Cons, TIP, Wise Mind ACCEPTS, Self-Soothe with the Five Senses, Improve the Moment?
(any three are correct)
In Wise Mind Accepts, "S" stands for Sensations. This is different from the sensations in Self-Soothe in this way:
What is intensity?
The skills in Wise Mind ACCEPTS are more intense (i.e., holding ice, eating a lemon, etc.) in order to distract from a difficult emotion, rather than soothe.
This is one example of finding or creating meaning (the "M" in Improve)
What is...
Finding purpose in a painful situation? Focusing on positive aspects of a painful situation? (not an exhaustive list)
This is the skill one uses when choosing to accept reality
What is turning the mind?
This is the skill used when addictive behaviors are used as a method to revolt against authority, conventions, and boredom. Please provide an example.
What is alternate rebellion?
Example: Shave your head, paint your face, dye your hair a wild color, wear clothes inside out, etc. (not an exhaustive list)