Coping Skills
What coping skill involves sitting alone with your emotions and waiting for them to return to normal?
Taking space, and Deep Breathing
What part of the brain is responsible for thinking, planning, and logic?
Frontal cortex
What thought distortion involves assuming the worst-case scenario will happen?
Catastrophizing
What TLC strategy involves reaching out and talking through a problem with someone you trust?
Talking to a friend
What coping strategy involves intentionally raising your heart rate and excitement level, then following it with a low-energy activity to practice regulation?
Bombardment
What part of the brain detects fear and decides if there is a threat?
Amygdala
What thinking pattern views situations as all good or all bad, using words like “always” or “never”?
All-or-nothing thinking
What TLC strategy encourages finding the positive or lesson in a difficult situation?
Looking for the silver lining
What coping skill helps slow your heart rate by holding your breath and releasing stress hormones as you breathe out?
Deep breaths
What chemical is released into the muscles to help someone fight or run away when threatened?
Adrenaline
What distortion happens when someone ignores positives and focuses only on negatives, often using “yes, but…” statements?
Discounting the positive
What TLC strategy involves redirecting your focus to a different thought or activity?
Changing the channel
What coping skill gives oxygen to the brain and helps calm the nervous system during stress?
Deep breathing
What term describes the brain’s process of looking for threats in the environment, including tone of voice and body language?
Scanning (neuroception)
What distortion involves believing you know what someone else is thinking without evidence?
Magical thinking / Mind reading
What TLC strategy could help challenge negative thinking by asking a trusted friend for their perspective?
Talking to a friend or another trusted individual
What coping strategy teaches emotional regulation by pairing high energy activation with a calming, no-energy activity afterward?
Bombardment
What nerve runs through the body and gives signals that can feel like a “gut feeling”?
The vagal nerve
What distortion involves giving negative names to yourself or others based on a mistake or perception?
Labeling
Question: What TLC strategy helps shift your mood by intentionally focusing on something more positive or distracting from negative thoughts?
Changing the channel or Looking for the silver lining