Emotions
These are the three parts of an emotion
What are thoughts, sensations, and behaviors?
This is an action motivated by an emotional experience
What is an emotional behavior?
This is the practice of challenging a false alarm emotional behavior
What is acting opposite?
Sarah has the body clues of shaking hands and fast breathing. She might be feeling this ______.
What is anxiety or fear?
This is a way to track how we respond to triggers with our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors AND examine the short-term and long-term consequences
What is a before/during/after?
This is an event that sets off a person's emotional response
What is a trigger?
These are emotional behaviors in response to anger
What are yelling, fighting, isolating, etc.?
These would be opposite actions for intense anxiety
What are approaching the situation/not avoiding, relaxing/calming body/deep breathing, self-soothing, etc.?
Joel is avoiding a fear food because he does not want to experience intense guilt after the meal. Joel is engaging in this cycle.
What is the cycle of avoidance?
This is a long-term consequence to escaping situations that make us feel uncomfortable
These are the three Ns of emotions
What are normal, natural, and not harmful?
These are emotional behaviors in response to fear
What are avoiding, hiding, running away, etc.?
These are benefits to practicing opposite action
What are: practicing working through intense emotions, not letting emotions take over, coping, being in line with core values, etc.?
What are reaching out to people, sending texts, connecting to peer groups on social media, writing letters/notes/cards, etc.?
These are actions a person can use ahead of time to help improve their emotions
These can be called "body clues"
What are sensations in the body (i.e. muscle tension related to stress, shaking hands related to fear)?
This is an internal experience that tells a person to engage in an emotional behavior when they are in a dangerous situation
What is a true alarm?
This is the first step to acting opposite
What is noticing your emotions?
Blake has distressing thoughts related to poor body image. These are emotional behaviors that follow.
What are restricting, over-exercising, isolating, etc.?
This is an activity a person can do directly for others or to improve the conditions of other people
What is a service activity?
This is a rapid escalation of thoughts, sensations, and behaviors that are intense and blur together
What is an emotion twister?
This is an internal experience that tells a person to engage in an emotional behavior when they are in a situation that is NOT dangerous
What is a false alarm?
This would be an opposite action in response to shame
What is not hiding and talking about what is causing the shame?
Levi feels anxious and avoidant every time he starts to do his homework, leading him to procrastinate. These are THREE ways he can act opposite.
What are starting right away, using incentives, approach-oriented behaviors, etc.?
This is a chosen life-direction that intense emotions and emotional behaviors can interfere with
What is a core value?