Cognitive Distortions
What is a "should statement"?
This distortion leads to overly negative thoughts about yourself and your environment based on only one or two experiences.
What is magnification?
Name 3 physical symptoms of anger.
Heart beating fast, sweating, adrenaline spiking, etc.
Having a _____ support system can help to keep relapse at bay.
What is social support system?
What is words of affirmation?
Which cognitive distortion focuses on a single negative piece of information and excludes all the positive ones?
What is "mental filter"?
This is the inaccurate belief that we know what another person is thinking.
What is mind reading?
This is the part of our brain responsible for decision-making.
What is the pre-frontal cortex?
Self-care is an important aspect of relapse prevention. What are examples of self-care? (Everyone in the group must name one)
What is listening to music, going for walks, eating healthy foods, spending time with friends or family members, etc.
The breathing method we can use to regulate our emotions.
What is box breathing?
Which cognitive distortion involves taking everything personally or assigning blame to yourself without any logical reason?
What is "personalization?"
This cognitive distortion is also known as black-and-white thinking.
What is "all or nothing thinking"?
This is one of many chemicals that enters our body when we are becoming angry. (HINT: it begins with a "C")
These are distractions we can use to distract ourselves from substance cravings. (Extra 100 points: name 3 of these)
What are diversions/coping skills?
What is one type of communication we have discussed before? (Name all 3 for 100 extra points!)
What is passive, aggressive, and/or assertive?
What kind of cognitive distortion is this?
"I'll make a mistake or forget to do something important."
What is "fortune-telling"?
What is the distortion that describes the acceptance of one’s emotions as fact?
What is emotional reasoning?
This person was a man whose tragic accident helped us learn about the role of our brain in behavior.
Who is Phineas Gage?
An event or situation that can cause anger or relapse.
What is a trigger?
This distortion acknowledges positive experiences but rejects them instead of embracing them.
What is disqualifying the positive?
This can lead to overly negative thoughts about yourself and your environment based on only one or two experiences.
What is overgeneralization?
This is what the chemicals that come from our brain are called.
What are neurotransmitters?
What does the H in HALT stand for? (Can you name the other letters? 100 extra points per letter!)
What is hunger?
Anger, Loneliness, Tiredness
One trigger can be feeling lonely or stressed. What type of triggers are these? (Think of the source)
What is an internal trigger?