Coping skills
This skill involves inhaling deeply and exhaling all your breath
Deep Breathing
Characteristics in your life that you find are important and guide you through life
Values
What is the CBT triangle, or the 3 components of CBT ?
Emotions
Thoughts
Behavior
P.T.S.D
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
A.N.T.s
Automatic Negative Thoughts
Bonus: Can you name 3?
Doing fun things that you enjoy and bring you hippieness
Self-Care
Doing the things that you said you would do. Staying true to your values.
Committed {to} Action
What is a cogitative distortion?
A though that is untrue, mostly, and is harmful or not beneficial to you.
A.C.E
Adverse Childhood experiences
P.A.W.S
Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
Bonus: Can you name some symptoms?
When you become enmeshed in your emotions that you are unable to acknowledge anything else. You do this to get/be __________
Grounded
Letting things flow through. Experiencing things as they are and not how your mind wants then to be.
A common metaphor-Leave on a stream flowing by as you stand on the bank of a river.
Acceptance
What is it called when you turn a negative thought/situation into a positive one. Or you choose to se the silver lining in things?
Reframing
True or False: All trauma looks the same?
FALSE.
Trauma looks different for everybody. Two people may be in a horrific car crash or experience trauma, though, one may go on to lead a life that is not severely effected by the trauma and the other may go on to develop PTSD
H.A.L.T
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired
Being present and focused on the here and now
Mindfulness
Presence in the moment allows you to see what is actually happening and gives you information about whether to change or persist in that behavior.
Contact with the present moment
What is a S.M.A.R.T goal?
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time bound (timely) or has an end date.
Bonus: Why is it important to have a goal(s) that are/is S.M.A.R.T?
How pervasive is trauma in our society?
We can assume that about 90% of people have experienced some form of trauma
What is the happy chemical in the brain that is released and can reinforce substance use and/or risky behavior, or even good behavior?
Dopamine
Something you say over a over again to your self that increases your resiliency and mood
Positive Affirmations
Stepping away from your thoughts and acknowledging that they come and go as do ocean waves.
Defusion
What is the euphemism, cultural definition, for insanity?
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Actual definition:
1. the state of being seriously mentally ill; madness.
2. extreme foolishness or irrationality.
How does trauma effect an individual?
It can cause psychological and somatic (physical) symptoms that can be long lasting and if not addressed, can have severe repercussions.
What is it called when you set rules and start to practice being authentic to yourself? (You also start saying "no" and/or start respecting yourself)
Setting boundaries