DBT
This DBT skill helps us find the middle path between emotional mind and rational mind.
What is Wise Mind?
Thinking in all-or-nothing terms like “I’m a total failure” or “I’m perfect” is called this.
What is Black-and-White Thinking?
Relapse prevention plans often start with recognizing these early signals.
What are Triggers?
This sitcom featured characters named Monica, Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe.
What is Friends?
This rapper and actor starred in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Who is Will Smith?
DBT teaches us to notice and describe our emotions without judgment through this skill.
What is Mindfulness?
This distortion involves exaggerating problems (“I’ll never get better”) or minimizing successes.
What is Catastrophizing (or Magnification/Minimization)?
This tool is often suggested to help people find daily sober support
What is Attending Meetings (AA, SMART, Celebrate Recovery, Dharma, etc.)?
This singer asked us to “Hit Me Baby One More Time” in 1999.
Who is Britney Spears?
This board game features tokens like a top hat, shoe, and car.
What is Monopoly?
This DBT skill uses the word ACCEPTS to help distract from overwhelming emotions.
What is Distress Tolerance?
This distortion involves taking negative details and magnifying them while filtering out positive aspects.
What is mental filtering?
The HALT acronym stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and this.
What is Tired?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
This beverage is known as “the most popular drink in the world” after water.
What is tea?
The human body’s largest organ.
What is the Skin?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
This DBT skill helps to build positive emotions in order to live a life worth living.
What is ABC PLEASE?
Taking things personally when they’re not really about you is this distortion.
What is Personalization?
A set of beliefs you have based off experiences are called this.
What are core beliefs?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This scientist developed the theory of general relativity in the early 1900s.
Who is Albert Einstein?
The DBT skill “PLEASE” teaches us to take care of these to prevent emotional vulnerability.
What are our physical needs (treat PhysicaL illness, Eat, Avoid mood-altering substances, Sleep, Exercise)?
A list of iron-clad rules about how we and others should behave
What is shoulds?
Relapse prevention plans and DBT focus not only on avoiding relapse, but also on building this
What is a life worth living?
This element, with the symbol “W,” is also known as wolfram.
What is Tungsten?
This stage of relapse happens before someone actually picks up a substance, and often includes denial, isolation, and poor self-care.
What is Emotional Relapse?