Mindfulness
Diary Cards
Skills
When the Crisis is Addiction Skill
Stuff that has nothing to do with DBT
100

When and where can you practice mindfulness? 

When is anywhere and anytime

100

This is the number of days that we should fill out our Diary Cards in a week. 

What is 7 days?

100
This includes accepting things for what they are.

What is Radical Acceptance?

100
When the Crisis is Addiction, focuses on skills that are geared towards what? 

What is sobriety/addiction? 

100

True or False: Identical twins have the same fingerprints? 

False

200

This mindfulness practice is when you reflect inward instead of outward and sit quietly with yourself. 

What is meditation? 

200

True or False: If I mark that I feel like I want to hurt myself, will I automatically be placed on self-harm watch? 

What is False? 

200

What is the goal of the skills we teach in DBT? 

What is to replace impulsive behaviors with mindful behaviors?

200

These skills are involved in reinventing your support and community. 

What is Burning Bridges and Building New Ones? 

200

True or false: The chainsaw was first invented for cutting down trees and foliage? 

False, It was invented for child birth. 

300

This skill happens when you are ruled by moods, feelings, and urges to say or do things. 

What is the emotion mind? 

300

True or False: Diary Cards can help track behaviors, emotions, and skills used during the week. 

What is True? 

300

In the skill STOP the steps include: Stop, Take a step back, Observe, and what other step? 

What is Proceed Mindfully? 

300

Enjoying your success but planning for temptations to relapse, spending time with people who support your sobriety, and finding alternate ways to rebel are all examples of what skill? 

What is Abstinence? 

300

This animal in the ocean is considered a sleepwalker and only sleeps with half of their brain and one eye at a time. 

What is a dolphin? 

400

This skill happens when facts, reason, and logic rule you. 

What is a reasonable mind? 

400

Why is it important to fill out Diary Cards consistently? 

Consistency allows for patterns to be identified over time, which is essential for understanding triggers, progress, and areas for improvement. 

400

Survive Crisis Situations, Accepting Reality, and Becoming Free are all goals of this skill. 

What is Distress Tolerance? 

400

In Dialectical Abstinence, what is the difference between Abstinence and Harm Reduction? 

Abstinence: Refraining from substance use. 

Harm reduction: finding a less destructive alternative.

400

What is the only fish that can blink with both eyes? 

What is a shark? 

500

This skill involves walking the middle path between logic and emotion

What is Wise Mind? 

500

How can you use the information from your Diary Cards to improve coping skills? 

By identifying which skills helped most, which emotions are reoccurring, and areas needing additional focus. 

500

What are the steps for the skill TIP(P)? 

What is Tip the Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, and Paired Muscle Relaxation? 

500

This mindset is the goal of sobriety and is sandwiched between the addict mind and the clean mind. 

What is Clear Mind? 

500

This phobia is the fear of what? 

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

What is the fear of long words?