Mindfulness
This DBT skill involves identifying and naming what you're feeling.
What is labeling emotions?
TIPP can help quickly change your body's response to intense emotion. The “T” stands for this.
What is Temperature?
“DBT teaches you to suppress your emotions so you don't bother other people.”
What is myth?
DBT focuses on understanding and effectively managing emotions, not pretending they aren't there.
You notice your thoughts about an upcoming test without judging them or trying to change them. Which mindfulness skill are you using?
What is observe?
In DBT, PLEASE skills include taking care of your physical health, including this basic need that starts with an “S.”
What is sleep?
“The goal of DBT is to get rid of uncomfortable emotions.”
What is myth?
DBT teaches us how to understand, tolerate, and regulate emotions—not eliminate them.
This skill means paying attention to what is happening right now, instead of getting stuck in the past or future.
What is mindfulness?
You're feeling lonely and want to stay in bed all day. Instead, you reach out to a friend and participate in an activity. If the urge is to withdraw and you intentionally do the opposite, what DBT skill is this?
What is Opposite Action?
This DBT skill area helps you get through a difficult situation without making it worse.
What is Distress Tolerance?
“Two things that seem opposite can both be true at the same time.”
What is fact?
This is the idea of dialectics. For example, “I'm really angry with my parent” and “I still love my parent” can both be true.
In DBT, the three “How” skills are Nonjudgmentally, One-Mindfully, and _____?
What is Effectively?
True or false: The goal of emotion regulation is to never experience uncomfortable emotions.
What is False?
In the STOP skill, the “S” stands for this.
What is Stop?
“You can accept a situation even if you don't like it.”
What is fact?
Acceptance doesn't mean you approve of something or think it's fair. It means acknowledging reality as it is.
Your friend sends you an upsetting text. You want to immediately send an angry response, but instead you pause and give yourself time to cool down. What DBT concept are you practicing?
What is STOP?
“If you feel an emotion strongly, you have to act on it.”
What is myth?
Emotions can create strong action urges, but you can choose whether or not to act on them.