Coping skills
Do this when you are feeling overwhelmed to reset your sympathetic nervous system which will reduce heart rate, blood pressure, and stress response.
What is taking deep breaths
_________ is a secondary emotion
What is Anger
Heart racing, shortness of breath, scared, nervous, sweaty palms, hot, trembling
What are anxiety symptoms
This emotion and good health go hand-in-hand, making our hearts healthier, our immune systems stronger, and our lives longer. It also helps us to overcome stress
What is Happiness
This skill's goal is to help individuals cope with intense distress by providing a set of in-the-moment coping strategies that improve the current situation, making it more bearable
What is IMPROVE
A practice in which an individual uses a technique to help with being in the present moment and accept thoughts as they come without judgement
What is meditation
Anger is related to the ____,______, or________ response of the sympathetic nervous system
What is the fight, flight, or freeze response
"I am worthless" is a form of _________ thinking
What is irrational
Unlike other emotions like fear and anger, which make your heartbeat speed up, this emotion makes your heartbeat slow down a bit.
What is Disgust
This skill's goal is to prevent impulsive reactions to intense emotions by creating a deliberate pause between an emotional trigger and a response
What is STOP
A technique used to check in with your 5 senses to help you stay present in the moment
What are grounding techniques
The ________ is the event that provokes anger, such as being told "no" or yelled at by a parent.
What is a trigger
___________ behavioral therapy is a therapy used to change the way we think
What is cognitive
This emotion increases your risk of a number of illnesses, makes your immune system weak & can also cause trouble with memory or making decisions. It also causes insomnia because of an inability to get comfortable or lots of troubled thoughts.
What is Depression
Use this skill any time you have to decide between two course of action
What is Pros & Cons
The act of being emotionally and physically present in the moment
What is mindfulness
Techniques used to reduce anger
What are anger management techniques (specific coping skills are also considered correct)
If I am so afraid of heights, that I panic when I even think about heights, I have a _________
What is a phobia
What emotion actually makes us feel colder?
What is Loneliness
This skill is designed to help individuals quickly reduce intense emotional distress and calm their bodies during a crisis
What is TIPP
strategies used to help manage difficult feelings or situations
What is coping skills
The _________ is the part of the brain responsible for emotions such as anger
What is the amygdala
Type of therapy that uses the client's fear to help them get over that fear
What is exposure therapy
How many basic emotions do we have as humans? It's under 10
There are 8 basic emotions – The 8 basic emotions are Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Surprise, Anticipation, Anger and Trust.
This skill is designed to is to provide short-term, healthy distractions to help manage intense emotions and distress until a person can think more clearly
What is ACCEPT