These are what we carry with us all the time. These influence our thinking and are global, meaning they apply to many situations. These are not about a specific person, they are about us and how we see the world, how we expect to be treated, what’s important to us, and what we often demand
Beliefs
This is the term for a persistent, strong, and irrational fear of a specific object, situation, or activity
This is the practice of regularly taking time to focus on your own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being
Self-care
This term refers to the healthy ability to understand the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of another
Empathy or empathizing
This term refers to events that happened in your life that no one can change
Life History Factors
This term refers to an emotional responses to an experience (ex: happy, mad, sad, anxious, bored, etc.)
Feelings
This mental health disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings, including periods of mania and depression.
Bipolar Disorder
The idea is to find a calm place where you can slowly relax the muscles of your body. This helps reduce stress and increase control because it relaxes the body and distracts you from high-risk thoughts.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
To maintain healthy relationships, we should identify and communicate these physical, psychological, and emotional limits to protect ourselves from being used, manipulated, or violated by others.
Boundaries
This term refers to way a person lives their lives and the things a person does
Lifestyle Factors
What we tell ourselves, or the self-talk that immediately pops into our heads as we face different situations.
Thoughts
What does the acronym PTSD stand for?
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
With this technique you can use to mentally remove yourself from your current situation or mood and mentally travel to a relaxing place
Pleasant Imagery/Visualization
This is the two-word term for the cooperative process of effectively resolving disputes and settling interpersonal arguments and fights in a positive manner that both sides can agree upon
Conflict resolution
Prompting events, triggers, invitations, or whatever happens just before a person decides to engage in a risky behavior
High Risk Situations
These are our physical sensations which are what we feel happening inside our body (ex: racing heart, butterflies in stomach, etc.)
Body signs
This is the term for a sudden, intense, and overwhelming episode of fear or discomfort, often accompanied by physical symptoms like a racing heart, shortness of breath, and sweating.
This technique helps regulate those body signs you feel as your risky emotions begin to elevate
Deep Breathing
This two-word term describes when you carefully hear and focus on what another person is saying and then repeat back what you heard to confirm that you understood them
Active listening or reflective listening
Changing your thinking will change your behavior. T/F
True
These are the things people do and people see us do
BEHAVIOR
This mental health disorder is characterized by persistent and intrusive thoughts followed by repetitive behaviors or rituals aimed at reducing anxiety.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
This strategy involves identifying positive statements that you can say to yourself to interrupt a possible substance use episode.
Positive Self-Talk
This refers to a close and profound emotional, psychological, and physical connection between individuals. that involves a deep level of trust, respect, vulnerability, and mutual understanding.
Intimacy
What are the three steps to changing our thinking.
•Objectively observe your thoughts
•Identify the risky thoughts
•Replace the risky thoughts