What is any experience that threatens your life or someone else's; to include combat exposure, child sexual/physical abuse, terrorist attack, sexual of physical assault, serious accident, natural disaster?
100
Name the three parts of the brain.
What is the new brain (neocortex), the mid brain (the limbic system) and the brain stem or reptilian brain (the survival brain)?
100
Name 5 daily life stressors that produce tension on our mind and body.
What is work, finances, relationships, crowding, weather, isolation, danger, loss, parties, marriage, divorce, promotions, and vacations?
100
Paying attention to something, in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.
What is Mindfulness?
100
Denying you're feeling the emotions; seeking relief from them by self-medicating
What is unhealthy ways of feeling better
200
These are the four symptom clusters of PTSD.
What is re-experiencing the trauma, hyperarousal, avoidance of trauma reminders and emotional numbing?
200
This part of the brain is concerned with sight and hearing, we develop rational thought and make conscious decisions.
What is the neocortex?
200
Dr. Selye, the first researcher to find that any problem (real or imagined) can cause this to happen.
What is What is the thinking part of the brain to send an alarm to the survival part of the brain to prepare for action.
200
In mindfulness, your intention refers to what you are choosing to _______ _______ to.
What is Pay Attention? (awareness of breath exercise)
200
Healthy ways of managing your emotions.
What is using distraction to cope with strong emotions; increasing positive emotions through positive activities, using self-soothing techniques?
300
You react to all kinds of situations as if they are actually dangerous and you stay on guard, axious, vigilant, watchful, not letting anyone get close to you, and end up feeling distant, different, unprotected, alone and not safe.
What is how PTSD is running your life today
300
This part of the brain gives us the capacity to experience emotions and body sensations.
What is the mid brain or limbic system?
300
The heart rate increases to pump more blood through the body, breathing rate increases to pump more oxygen into your system to fight or run, your hands and feet become cold as the blood is pulled away from your extremeties which helps you bleed less, hands and feet sweat to help you run or fight, hearing becomes more acute.
What is the physical reaction your body undergoes during a crisis or traumatic event?
300
In mindfulness, focusing your attention, closing your eyes and going within, looking at something, listening, tasting, smelling, or touching.
What is in a Particular Way?
300
A quick and easy way to manage your anger.
What is take a personal timeout to give your anger time to subside.
400
True or False: PTSD is treatable.
What is True (although we cannot change your history, we can change the way your history affects you life now)?
400
The part of the brain that allows us to operate in survival mode (without conscious thought).
What is the brain stem or reptilian brain
400
The brain produces a relaxation response to return your system to normal; your flight or fight response stops.
What is what happens to the brain when the crisis is over and you successfully escape harm?
400
In mindfulness, you set your intention and decide to pay attention to this specific something.
What is On Purpose?
400
Healthy way of expressing your emotions rather than using emotional avoidance which helps in the short-term but not in the long run.
What is expressive writing.
500
True or False: The symptoms of PTSD are often accompanied by other problems such as depression, drug/alcohol abuse, relationship problems, pain and other physical symptoms.
What is True
500
When the stress becomes chronic, there is no escape, your adrenal glands start to produce corticoids which inhibits you from shutting off the alarm system even when there is no actual threat or danger.
What is leads to PTSD.
500
In mindfulness setting your attention right now without assessing.
What is In the present moment, non-judgmentally?
500
Two anxiety management techniques
What is deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation?