Budgeting
Credit card balances, loans, and unpaid bills are examples of this.
What is debt?
This attachment style is characterized by feeling secure, trusting, and comfortable with intimacy in relationships.
What is secure attachment?
This diagnosis is often linked to a single traumatic event such as a car accident, assault, or natural disaster.
What is PTSD?
Using jokes or sarcasm to cope with difficult feelings or uncomfortable situations is an example of this defense mechanism.
What is humor?
This type of medication is often prescribed to help manage symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, or severe agitation in conditions like schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
What are antipsychotics?
Needs like housing, food, and transportation should usually come before these non-essential purchases.
What is "wants"?
People with this style often worry their partner will leave them and may act clingy or seek constant reassurance.
What is anxious attachment?
Both of these conditions can involve difficulty concentrating and restlessness, but one is a neurodevelopmental disorder typically beginning in childhood, while the other develops after exposure to trauma.
ADHD and PTSD
Blaming someone else for feelings or thoughts you are struggling with is called this defense mechanism.
What is projection?
This medication, also known as Seroquel, is an atypical antipsychotic used to treat mood disorders, bipolar disorder, and sometimes PTSD-related anxiety or insomnia.
What is quetiapine?
Financial experts often suggest keeping housing costs below this percentage of take-home income.
What is 30%?
Individuals with this style keep distance in relationships and may avoid emotional closeness.
What is avoidant attachment?
This symptom of Post-traumatic stress disorder occurs when a person feels or acts as though a traumatic event is happening again in the present moment.
What is a flashback?
This defense mechanism happens when a person acts the opposite of how they truly feel, such as being overly kind to someone they are angry with.
What is reaction formation?
This medication is an antihistamine often used for anxiety, tension, or to help with sleep, and is sometimes prescribed as a PRN.
What is hydroxyzine?
A person receives extra income and immediately increases spending instead of saving; this is called this.
Attachment styles are formed in this stage of life, and they can be improved later through self-awareness, healthy relationships, and therapy.
What is early childhood?
Being constantly alert, easily startled, and unable to relax are examples of this PTSD symptom.
What is hypervigilance?
This defense mechanism happens when a person focuses only on facts, logic, or analysis to avoid feeling emotional distress.
What is intellectualization?
This abbreviation on a prescription indicates that the medication should be taken only as needed, rather than on a regular schedule.
What is PRN?
To avoid impulse spending, it is recommended to wait ___ amount of time before purchasing anything over $25, and ___ amount of time for anything over $100.
What is 24 hours and 48 hours?
This style shows a mix of wanting closeness but also fearing it, often due to past trauma or inconsistent caregiving.
What is disorganized attachment?
his condition is more often associated with repeated or prolonged trauma, such as childhood abuse, captivity, or chronic domestic violence, and often includes difficulties with emotional regulation, self-worth, and relationships.
What is Complex PTSD? or CPTSD?
Channeling uncomfortable feelings into a healthy activity, such as exercising when angry, is an example of this defense mechanism.
What is sublimation?
Clients diagnosed with bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder are often prescribed these medications to help stabilize mood and manage psychotic symptoms. (two medications).
What are mood stabilizers and antipsychotics?