General
Define distress tolerance (without being a smartass)
What is the
A.C.C.E.P.T.S. what does each letter stand for?
A - Activities
C - Contributing
C - (Making) Comparisons
E - (Generating Opposite) Emotions
P - Push Away
T - Thoughts
S - Sensations
These are the Five Senses aka the self-soothe skill
What are Smell, Sight, Taste, Touch, Sound ?
The difference between pain and suffering
What is "pain is a normal reaction to adverse events, it becomes suffering when you refuse to accept the pain"?
We use distress tolerance skills to tolerate and survive a ______.
What is a crisis?
I.M.P.R.O.V.E. what does each letter stand for?
I - Imagery
M - Meaning
P - Prayer
R - Relaxation
O - One thing in the moment
V - Vacation
E - Encouragement
The three acceptance exercises
What are "Awareness, Breathing and Half-Smile exercises" ?
Going to your "Happy Place" in your head is related to this letter of A.C.C.E.P.T.S.
What is "Thoughts" ?
This skill requires you to accept reality, and includes the idea that everyone experiences pain, and pain becomes suffering when you do not accept reality.
What is radical acceptance?
We practice distress tolerance skills because there are times we need to (engage, avoid, make worse) a stressful situation. Our goal is to (run away from, survive, solve) the crisis until we can (discover, argue, process) what happened.
What is engage, survive, and process
You are faced with an uncomfortable decision. You may make a _______ for both tolerating the distress and not tolerating the distress to help you make that decision.
What is pros and cons list?
The A.C.C.E.P.T.S. skill is used to __________ while the I.M.P.R.O.V.E. skill is used to improve the moment.
What is "distract" ?
________ is doing what is needed in a situation, being able to accept a situation for what it is, and being effective.
________ is fighting reality and imposing your will on a situation.
(hint: ______ vs. ______)
What is willingness, willfulness?
This skill focuses on the idea of choosing to accept, that acceptance requires some sort of choice, and you may need to TURN towards acceptance repeatedly.
What is turning of the mind?