General Concepts
Thinking Patterns
Coping Skills
Therapies
Diagnosed Disorders
100
When anxiety pushes us towards our values and helps guide our attention
Helpful Anxiety
100
Criticizing yourself for what you should've done
"Should Statements"
100
Awareness, present moment, nonjudgement are apart of these skills
Mindfulness skills (meditation, breathing techniques, etc.)
100
Multiple people with similar struggles gathered together to help each other out
Support Groups
100
Constant feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities that can make it hard to enjoy life
Depression
200
Normal physiological and physical reaction to the demands of life
Stress
200
“I am confident. I am powerful. I am strong. I am getting better and better every day” are examples of this
What are Positive Affirmations?
200
A way to write down your thoughts and feelings to better process them
Journaling
200
Thoughts, feelings, behaviors; looking at how these connect
CBT
200
includes episodes of extreme highs and extreme lows of mood.
Bipolar Disorder
300
How you feel about yourself
Self-Esteem
300
Believing that the worst is gonna happen in a situation
What is Catastrophizing (Magnification)
300
Looking for the good and having compassion for yourself
Positive Affirmations, positive thinking, or self-love
300
A technique that aims to get you slowly get comfortable with the things that you fear or have avoided for a long time
Exposure therapy
300
Long term psychological shock that results from a traumatic incident
PTSD
400
Sudden Episode of Intense Fear or anxiety (may include symptoms such as difficulty breathing)
Panic Attacks
400
“I failed in the past, so I’m gonna fail again” is example of this cognitive distortion
What is Overgeneralization?
400
A tool used to keep track of how you are feeling on a day to day basis
Mood Tracking or Mood Diary
400
An effective therapy for PTSD that involves recalling traumatic memories and focusing on something such as a hand moving back and forth
EMDR
400
Excessive worry that results in social situations (fear of criticism, being embarrassed, etc.)
Social Anxiety (or social phobia)
500
Unhealthy or unhelpful thinking patterns
Cognitive Distortions (also accepted - thinking errors, stinkin' thinkin)
500
“I passed this test, I must’ve just gotten lucky” (but in reality this person studied hard) is an example of this cognitive distortion
What is Discounting the Positive (also accepted - Disqualifying the Positive)?
500
A way to improve our mood by starting to do more and more each day in areas such as social connection, accomplishment, and enjoyment.
Behavioral Activation
500
A technique often used for treating borderline personality disorder; includes skills such as distress tolerance and emotional regulation
DBT
500
Recurrent unwanted thoughts that make people feel driven to do something repetitively
OCD