Feelings
A synonym for mad.
What is angry?
True of False: Feelings go "0-60"
What is false?
This coping skill uses the 5 senses?
What is grounding?
This feeling is characterized by many physical signs, including shortness of breath, stomachaches, shaking, racing heart, and fidgeting.
What is nervous/anxious?
This is how Mrs. Brosch talks about rating the intensity or "how big" a feeling is.
"What is taking your emotional temperature?"
This coping skill is popular among many students at DVMS and typically requires a phone/computer and earbuds.
What is listening to music?
This feeling is in between annoyed and angry.
What is frustrated?
In order to stay in control, you want to stay between these two colors on the thermometer.
What are yellow and green?
This coping skill is based in science and actually slows down your heart rate.
What is deep breathing?
This is how you might feel while taking a test and not remembering something.
What is confused?
You are likely no longer in control and are more likely to make poor choices if you are in these two colors of the thermometer.
What are red and orange?
This coping skill involves "zooming out" so you can see more than just the problem.
What is perspective taking?
This is how you might feel if you get a test back and did not do as well as you had hoped.
What is disappointed?
This is what someone might be doing if they are in the "red zone."
What are making poor choices/yelling/being violent/ panicking/saying things they don't mean, etc?
Stinkin Thinkin is the opposite of this coping skill.
What is practicing positive self-talk?