Common Reactions to Stress and Trauma
This reaction to stress or trauma is one way your brain/body try to 'digest' what happened to you, and happens while you are sleeping or trying to fall asleep.
Nightmares or Trouble Falling Asleep
These two HOT seat questions focus on 'other ways to think about it.'
This corner of the triangle involves emotions
How we feel
This tool helps to measure your mood (scale 1-10), and can be useful to do before and after a relaxation practice
Emotion Thermometer
This is the first step toward finding a solution to a problem
Brainstorming
This reaction to stress or trauma involves avoiding the stressors.
Not wanting to talk about it.
HOT stands for
Helpful Other Thoughts
This corner of the triangle involves thoughts
What we think
This relaxation technique involves tensing and relaxing various muscles
Progressive muscle relaxation
This is the second step toward finding a solution to a problem
Pros and cons of each potential solution
Name a feeling that is a common reaction to stress or trauma
Anger, guilt, shame, sadness/grief/loss
These 3 HOT seat questions will have you checking the facts
How do I know this is true? Has this happened to me before? Has this happened with other people in other situations?
This strategy we learned and practiced helps challenge unhelpful thoughts in order to change how we feel and what we do
HOT (Helpful Other Thoughts) seat questions
This technique involves something we do every day, just in a different and more intentional way.
Deep breathing
These are the three parts to every problem
Physical events, how you think and act, how others think and act
This reaction to stress or trauma can make it hard to focus on school work or even on what your friends or family say to you.
Having trouble concentrating at school or at home.
These 3 HOT seat questions focus on what will happen next
Even if this thought is true, what is the best that could happen? Even if this thought is true, what is the worst that could happen? What is the most likely thing to happen?
What we do
This relaxation technique was introduced by Maranda during group
Reading
This other learned strategy is helpful to use when solving problems
HOT seat questions
This reaction is one way that your body says it is prepared for action, in case something else happens.
Jumping when there is a loud noise
This HOT seat questions is called the Plan of Attack
Is there anything I can do about this?
This impacts all corners of our triangle
Stress or trauma
This relaxation technique was introduced by Janell during group
Journaling
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