Trauma
What is Trauma?
What is Trauma is a scary, dangerous, or life threatening event that happens to people
The sympathetic nervous system main function is?
What is to activate the fight, or flight responce
What are 3 examples of healthy coping skills?
Reading, listening to music, dancing, talking to a friend, writing, singing, walking, etc.
Taking deep breaths, walking away, counting to 10, talk to a trusted adult
What does TF-CBT mean?
What is Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Keeping away from or not doing something
What is avoidance
Some experiences that can be traumatic are
What is car accidents, dog bites, a flood
What area of the brain activates the fight, flight, or freeze response
True or false: Using relaxation can calm my fight flight or freeze response
What is true!
True or False: TF-CBT will help me learn how to deal with my trauma
What is true! Tf-CBT will help you learn about trauma, learn coping skills, and to change positive thoughts.
Grumpiness, having a short temper, being in a bad mood
What is irritability
What are different way people react to trauma?
What is they feel sad, fear, worry, scared , jumpy, and trouble falling asleep
When some scary happens your sympathetic nervous system helps by triggering your?
What is fight and flight response
Coping skill WILL NOT help me feel better about my trauma.
False! Coping skill will help you learn to deal with strong emotions, and body sensations.
True or false: Feelings are neither good or bad
True!
What is the body's natural response to a perceived threat. The "survival response." Hint: They are the 3 F's
What is Fight, Flight, and Freeze?
Is it normal to have strong feelings after a trauma
What is yes
Fight, flight, response helps you to
What is escape from danger
Why is it important to practice the relaxation and coping skills?
It helps us to use the skill when we need it and not have to think about it. It also helps with your overall stress level.
Name 4 feeling words
What is happy, sad, fear, ????
What is the survival response that makes you feel paralyzed
What is Freeze
Talking about my trauma can make me feel better
What is yes
True or False: When my nervous system activates it is only trying to protect me.
What is true - your nervous system is designed to get you away from danger
What makes you feel better when you are upset, sad, or scared.
What is ???
True or False: Its is normal for people to feel scared following a trauma
True: After a scary event your brain and nervous systems still wants to keep you safe so everytime you see or smell something your fight, flight or freeze response kick in!
True/False: Traumatic events don't have much affect on the brain.
False: Trauma changes the brain and creates reaction pathways