Mindfulness
What are the 3 states of mind?
Rational, Emotional, and Wise mind.
What is the STOP skill?
Stop, take a step back, observe, and proceed mindfully!
Whats radical acceptance?
When you cannot keep painful events/emotions from coming your way and accepting them.
What are check the facts?
When we challenge emotion mind to check the facts of a situation and return to wise mind.
What is DEARMAN stand for?
Describe, express, assert, reinforce, mindfulness, appear confident, and negotiate.
Observe, describe, participate.
What is the TIPP skill?
Temperature, Intense sensation, paired breathing, progressive muscle relaxation!
Whats the difference between willingness and willfullness?
Willingness is the readiness to enter and participate fully in life and living. Willfulness is the refusal to tolerate, give up, doing the opposite of what works, trying to be in control and fixing the situation, and the attachment to "me, me, me".
What is a cope ahead plan?
When we rehearse a plan ahead of time so prepare and cope skillfully for an emotional situation.
What does GIVE stand for?
Gentle, interested, validate, easy manner.
What are "How" Skills?
One-mindfully, non-judgmentally, effectively.
What are SUD scores?
subjective units of distress!
What's half smiling/willing hands?
Half smiling and willing hands is accepting reality with your body. You practice smiling to change your emotion and open hands to have acceptance.
What are the PLEASE skills?
Physical Illness, Eating, avoid mood Altering Substances, balance sleep, and get exercise.
What does FAST stand for?
Fair, no apologies, stick to values, truthful.
What is mindfulness of current emotions?
Its where you observe your emotions, practice mindfulness for body sensations, and remember you are not your emotion, and practice loving your emotion!
What is "wise mind accepts?"
Activities, contributing, comparisons, emotions, pushing away, thoughts, sensations.
What is dialectics?
The universe is filled with opposing sides and forces. Everything and every person is connected in some way, change is the only constant, and change is transactional.
What is opposite action?
Using opposite action when your emotions do NOT fit the facts or when acting on your emotion is NOT effective.
Whats the dime game?
What is mindfulness of current thoughts?
Its where you observe your thoughts, adopt a curious mind, remember you are not your thoughts and don't block or suppress your thoughts!
Whats "Improve"?
Imagery, meaning, prayer, relaxing, one thing in the moment, vacation, encouragement and rethinking the situation.
What is validation?
Its finding the kernel of truth in another persons perspective and situation, verifying the facts of the situation, acknowledging the persons thoughts, emotions, behaviors have causes and are understandable.
What is the "A" stand for in the ABC skill?
Acquiring pleasant events!
MYSTERY QUESTION
Pick a skill and act it out in charades. If the group guesses correctly, your team gets the point!