This describes thinking or acting in extremes and a tendency to classify things as good or bad without recognizing the areas in between.
Black and White Thinking
How can exercising be used as a coping skill?
Exercising increases your energy and mood, focus, self-esteem and releases feel good endorphins into your brain. It also decreases your stress, depression, and chance of heart attack or other health conditions
These are limits and rules a person sets for themselves in relationships. These help us define what we are comfortable with and how we will be treated.
Boundaries
Name one way to create a healthier relationship
Honesty..transparency...affection...listening
How many birthdays does the average man have?
One
This artist was referred to as the King of Pop, died due to complications from prescription drugs in 2009.
Michael Jackson
This way of thinking allows us to believe that things are much worse than they actually are.
Catastrophizing
The proper way to breathe is not with your chest but with your.....?
Diaphragm
In this type of circular relationship, one person needs the other person, who in turn, needs to be needed.
Codependency
Explain the importance of vulnerability in your recovery
Satisfying our human need to build connections and maintain close relationships. Can yield fertile ground for self-understanding, self-forgiveness, and personal growth
What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?
Their middle names.
Singer of one of the most popular grunge bands in the 1990’s shot himself in 1994 at the age of 27, addicted to heroin.
Kurt Cobain
This way of thinking allows us to believe that we know what another person is thinking.
Mind Reading, Assumptions
What are some ways you can combat negative thinking?
-Positive Imagery
-Positive Self Talk
-Positive Affirmations
-Challenging the negative thoughts with reality statements
This mindset implies that you have no control over your circumstances or that you are not at fault. This is also referred to the worst hood in America.
Victimhood
What are some signs that you are not communicating effectively with your partner/friend?
Not feeling comfortable or being afraid to express wants, needs, fears, etc.., or dreading/avoiding conversations about difficult topic
What letter is missing here J__MAMJJASOND?
What is the letter F? (First letter of each month of the year)
John Belushi was a legendary actor and comedian who shocked the world when he overdosed and died from mixing cocaine and heroin in 1982. He was on the original lineup of what long-standing TV show? (Still airs today)
Saturday Night Live
In this way of thinking, a person believes that everything others do or say is about them.
Personalization
What distress tolerance skill helps you deescalate at the height of the crisis?
TIPP!! Temperature Change, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Hearing this will often trigger an alcoholic or addict. This two letter word is also a full sentence and does not require further explanation.
No
What is something you can do to cool down during a disagreement?
Take a time-out from the disagreement or limit your discussion time
The one who makes it sells it. The one who buys it never uses it. The one who uses it never knows he's using it. What is it?
A coffin
This iconic musician is one of the top earning dead celebrities today, still earning over 50 million per year despite dying from complications of a prescription drug addiction in 1977.
Elvis Presley
This is characterized by the tendency to reframe events to reduce their significance.
Minimizing
Rebecca is angry about being passed over for a promotion at work. Rather than discussing the situation with her boss and trying to improve her work performance, she holds onto her anger. Rebecca has learned to manage her anger by drinking alcohol. Drinking numbs Rebecca’s anger temporarily, but the problems at work remain unresolved.
Substance Use
Can you name the three parts of Karpmen's drama Triangle.
Hint: "Prosecutor"
Victim, Enabler, Persecutor
What is recommended for dating upon leaving inpatient treatment.
Don't.
How Many Triangles?
24
This world famous movie starlet shocked the world in 1962 from a barbiturate's overdose which some say was accidental, some say was suicide and others say was murder.
Marilyn Monroe