Conditioning
People, places, and things associated with use that are conditioned to be an automatic response without rational thought associated
What is a Trigger?
In addiction, the drug is views as necessary to survival. Therefore, the absence of a drug is seen as a threat and elicits this response that is naturally set off in humans when faced with a threat, which is an instinct that is part of the limbic system.
What is fight, flight, or freeze (or face)?
This is a way to stop the craving process when triggers can be avoided
What is preventing exposure to triggers?
A spiritually-based thought stopping technique
What is meditation or praying?
The early 20th century doctor who found that dogs became conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell
Who is Dr. Ivan Pavlov?
The chemical that floods your automatic nervous system when your body is prepared to encounter a threat, which also is released when one feels a strong craving
What is Adrenaline?
This is when you stop the craving process by finding an alternative
What is dealing with triggers in a different way?
A coping skill that involves picturing yourself in a certain place or engaging in a certain action
What is visualization?
The process that occurs when the conditioned trigger is no longer paired with the conditioned response
What is extinction?
The process that occurs when one puts all their attention on a threat in order to survive; this process also occurs during a craving when the brain only focuses on obtaining the substance
What is singular focus?
Continued thoughts about a trigger turn into this
What is a craving?
Part of your brain that is activated when using a coping skill that involves rational thought, such as weighing consequences and identifying values
What is the frontal lobe?
An automatic response created through the process of pairing an unconditioned stimulus with an unconditioned response
What is a conditioned response?
The process that occurs when we are under attack and need to think fast, as a result our frontal lobe (the area responsible for making good decisions slows down. This response happens when cravings and causes us to act impulsively and give irrational reasons to justify use.
What is automatic response?
A technique used to break of process of:
trigger--> thought--> continued thoughts--> cravings --> yse
General category of coping skills, such as deep breathing or meditation, used to elicit your parasympathetic system
What are relaxation techniques?