Sensational Awareness
This is what a "body clue" is
What is a sensation in your body that is related to an emotion?
This is a reason why someone might try the skill of riding the wave
What is experiencing a strong emotion or an urge?
Every time Julian makes a mistake, no matter how small, he tells himself, "I am so stupid."
What is labeling?
This is the first step of detective thinking
What is identifying the thought (or automatic interpretation)?
This is an emotional behavior for anger
What is yelling, arguing, crying, destroying things (etc.)?
This is the third part of an emotion: thoughts, behaviors, ________
What is sensations?
This is an example of how emotions are similar to waves in the ocean
What is they come and go, they can be intense, they fade with time, etc.?
Roxanne says hi to a friend in the hallway, but he just glances her way and doesn't respond. Roxanne thinks he must be angry with her.
What is mind reading?
This is the second step of detective thinking
What is identifying the thinking trap?
This is an example of something that can cause an intense emotion
What is a trigger (e.g. a fear food, an argument with parents, rejection, etc.)?
This is an automatic response a person's body has in response to perceived danger
What is fight or flight?
True or false: When riding the wave, a person should try their hardest to make their emotion less intense
What is false?
Alex usually gets As in math, but they received a B- on a quiz. They think that they must be terrible at math and might as well fail the class.
What is black-and-white thinking?
This is the third step of detective thinking. Provide an example.
What is evaluating the evidence for the thought using detective questions?
Examples: Am I 100% sure ______ will happen? Would I be able to cope with it? What happened last time? (etc.)
This is an opposite action to quitting
What is taking a break and coming back to it, asking for help, positive/encouraging self-talk (etc.)?
This is why heart rate increases when a person experiences an intense emotion
What is to supply the muscles with oxygenated blood to prepare to fight or flee?
This is an example of urge surfing
What is riding the wave in response to an urge and allowing the urge to pass without acting on it?
Juniper is afraid to go on vacation because she thinks she is likely to get in a plane crash on her way there.
What is jumping to conclusions or thinking the worst?
This is the fourth step of detective thinking. Provide an example.
Examples vary.
This is an example of a mastery activity
What is an activity one can to do work on a skill (i.e. practicing an instrument, learning a new language, researching a new topic, etc.)?
This is a skill that involves focusing awareness on all parts of the body
What is a body scan?
These are three advantages to riding the wave
What are increased distress tolerance, less harmful behaviors, better outcomes/consequences, ending the cycle of avoidance, handling emotions safely, etc.?
Devonte has a gut feeling that something bad will happen at school today so he decides not to go.
This is the fifth step of detective thinking. Provide an example.
What is coping with the outcome?
Examples vary.
This is an example of the cycle of avoidance
What is avoiding a trigger, feeling relieved, and then being more likely to avoid the trigger in the future?