DISTRESS TOLERANCE
CRISIS CURVIVAL SKILLS
The STOP skill
TIPP Skills
Reality Acceptance
100

This skill helps you survive emotional pain without making things worse.

What is distress tolerance?

100

These skills are used during a crisis, not to feel better long-term, but to do this.

What is survive the moment?

100

The “S” in STOP stands for this.

What is stop?

100

The “T” in TIPP involves changing body this.

What is temperature?

100

Accepting reality does NOT mean this.


What is approving or liking the situation?

200

Distress tolerance skills are most useful when emotions are this.


What are intense and overwhelming?

200

Name one example of a crisis survival skill.

What is ice, paced breathing, distraction, self-soothing, or grounding?

200

The “T” in STOP reminds you to do this with your body.

What is take a step back?

200

This TIPP skill involves intense, short-term movement.


What is intense exercise?

200

This skill involves accepting what is, instead of fighting it.


What is radical acceptance?

300

True or False: Distress tolerance is about solving the problem right away.

What is false?

300

This DBT acronym reminds us to pause before reacting.

What is STOP?

300

The “O” in STOP means to do this before acting.

What is observe?

300

Paced breathing helps slow this down.

What is heart rate?

300

True or False: Pain plus non-acceptance equals suffering.

What is true?

400

The main goal of distress tolerance is to get through the moment without doing this.

What is making the situation worse?

400

True or False: Crisis survival skills should be used every day all the time.

What is false?

400

The “P” in STOP encourages you to do this wisely.

What is proceed mindfully?

400

TIPP skills are best used when emotions are at a ___ level.


What is very high or extreme?

400

This happens when we say “It shouldn’t be this way.”

What is non-acceptance or suffering?

500

Distress tolerance focuses on short-term coping when this cannot be changed immediately.


What is the current situation?

500

These skills are helpful when emotions are too high for problem-solving.

What are crisis survival skills?

500

The STOP skill is especially helpful when you feel this urge.

What is the urge to act impulsively?

500

TIPP skills work by changing this system in your body.


What is the nervous system?

500

Radical acceptance can reduce this emotional experience.


What is suffering?