Emotions Under Stress
These 'positive and negative' things co-occur under conditions of stress.
What are emotions?
When reviewing reactions to stress, participants should identify which reactions are positive and which are this.
What is negative?
To reduce stress, avoid foods high in fat, sugar and sodium, as well as these two stimulants.
What are caffeine and nicotine?
Name one general principle for restructuring your life to support recovery, such as getting organized, defining priorities, or reducing relationship struggles.
What is get organized?
Noticing something good that happened today and sharing it with someone is an example of this stress management technique that helps you redirect your attention to positive things.
What is reinterpreting or reappraising a negative experience?
Part of stress management requires individuals to gather these to counter the negative and allow the positive to rise through.
What are tools?
These kinds of reactions are healthier and help you manage stress over the long term.
What are positive reactions?
According to the lesson, you should get this many hours of sleep each night to manage stress.
What is eight hours?
Being disorganized can increase stress and create opportunities for this setback during recovery.
What is relapse?
Mindfulness involves narrowing in on which timeframe, instead of dwelling on the past or future, to think about situations with clear eyes?
What is the present?
Recognizing that positive and negative emotions co-occur under stress helps you do this more effectively.
What is manage stress effectively and harness its positive effects?
Name one common way of reacting to stress that is considered negative (for example, anger or relapse).
What is using alcohol or drugs?
Reading a daily meditation or 12-step book, using affirmations, and making conscious contact with your higher power fall under this category of stress management practice.
What are prayer and meditation?
During active addiction your time was devoted to obtaining and using substances. In recovery, what is your time centered on?
What is getting and staying sober?
When you feel stressed, there might be many resources you don't have. According to the lesson, what should you redirect your attention to instead?
What are your strengths?
This skill from the lesson objectives is key to noticing both positive and negative feelings under stress.
What is recognizing positive and negative emotions?
Name one reaction to stress that is considered positive and can help manage stress over the long term.
What is journaling?
Keeping a daily recovery journal helps you chart progress and identify strengths and weaknesses. This practice is known as ______.
What is journaling?
When defining your priorities in recovery, name one of the three aspects you should consider to help you decide what to focus on (managing deadlines, measuring importance, or evaluating likelihood of completion).
What is managing deadlines?
Sobriety can feel far away. To build confidence and motivation, the lesson suggests making a list of these for the week and working toward one each day.
What are attainable goals?
True or false: Stress only produces negative emotions and cannot have positive effects.
What is false?
Classifying reactions as positive or negative helps individuals do this when managing stress.
What is choose healthier responses and avoid unhealthy ones?
Creating a regular schedule of going to the gym, jogging, swimming, or aerobics are examples of this stress management habit.
What is exercise?
In recovery, two pressures still exist that you also felt during active addiction. What are these pressures, and how can surrounding yourself with supportive people change how you perceive them?
What are the pressure to use and the pressure to quit, and supportive relationships can turn these pressures into encouragement rather than stress?
When faced with a large task that seems overwhelming, what simple strategy involves setting a timer for five minutes and committing to work only for that period to help you get started and build momentum?
What is the five-minute start strategy?