What is Mindfulness
Picking an activity is the first step for practicing mindfulness?
yes
Act out any emotion that you choose and see if others can guess
Great Job!
What does distress tolerance mean?
Learning how to tolerate stress and painful emotions skillfully
Why are helpful relationship skills important?
Some examples:
Better relationships with other, feel better about ourselves and others
Name 5 mindfulness activities that you do.
ex: walking, drawing, eating, listening to music
Why is it important to be able to identify our own emotions?
So we can share with others what we are feeling and practice skills that may help to reduce our emotions.
Is keeping our self respect important in our relationships?
Yes
Is it normal to get distracted when you are tying to focus on one thing?
Yes, we often get distracted by our thoughts or the environment. The important part to is notice that you are distracted and re focus on your activity.
Name 3 of the STRONG Skills
Sleep, take medication as prescribed, resist the use of drugs and alcohol, do one thing a day that you are good at, eat nutritions food and get exercise.
What is a self soothing? What are the 6 senses that we use to self sooth?
Self soothing is when we can sooth ourselves to help lower the intensity of our emotions.
Taste, touch, smell, hear, see movement
What are things we can do to be more assertive with others? Act it out
Some examples: Stand tall, look people in the eyes, don't use threats, use a strong voice, be clear about what you want
Name the 3 What skills
Observe, describe and participate
Why is self compassion so important?
It is important to be kind to ourselves, when we are hard on ourselves, this can lead to more intense emotions.
Name one TIPP skill
Some examples: Putting cold water on your face, going outside for a walk in the cold air, running on the spot for 15 seconds, paced breathing
Name the 4 different styles of communication that we have talked about in group
passive, assertive, aggressive and passive aggressive
Name the 3 states of mind
emotion, wise and reasonable
What is the emotion ladder and why do we use it?
The emotion ladder lets us better understand our own emotions, we use this to help us know where we are on our ladders and remind ourselves of what skills we can use to help us come down a few steps.
What happens when we try a distress tolerance skill and it doesn't help? Do they always work?
It is important to remember that these skills help in the short term and that you may need to try a few of them to help reduce your distress. They do not fix our problems, they are meant to help us not do something that may make things worse.
We have not talked about this yet... so see if you can guess or maybe you remember:
What do you think is a worry thought and why does it get in the way of our relationships sometimes?
Worry thought are thoughts that we have about a relationship, ourselves or a situation. These can get in the way because these thoughts can change the way we feel about a person or situation and can lead to bigger emotions .