Distress Tolerance 01
These are the two main categories of Distress Tolerance skills.
Crisis Survival and Radical Acceptance
When using distress tolerance skills, the goal is to make you feel better. True or False
False
What does the T in TIPP stand for
Temperature
True or False: Anger is uncontrollable.
False. Anger can be managed with appropriate strategies and self-awareness.
True or False: Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
True
Catastrophic thinking is which of the three minds (emotional, logical, or wise)
Emotional
A skill that requires you to focus on making the exhale greater than the inhale.
Paced Breathing
Use this skill to focus on the present and cope with uncomfortable thoughts and emotions
RAIN
True or False: You are healthy if you don't feel anger.
False. Not feeling anger can indicate problems with emotional awareness.
What color blood do lobsters have?
Blue
Reality is as it is, realistic limitations on the future, everything has a cause, and life can be worth living even with painful events in it are examples of _____________?
What has to be accepted.
This is the skill that we use when we are feeling extreme emotions, or our emotional arousal is very high.
TIPP
Accepting reality with your body.
Half-Smile and Willing Hands
True or False: It is good to suppress your anger.
False. Suppression can lead to more intense anger later on.
What is the oldest continuous sporting event in the U.S.?
The Kentucky Derby
DAILY DOUBLE : When we don’t accept reality as it is in the present moment, we run the risk of becoming ______ and having our ______ increase.
Stuck, Suffering
If the distress tolerance skill is not making you happy, that means the skill is not working for you. True or False
False : The purpose of a distress tolerance skills is to enable you to endure the distress without acting on urges or impulses that would make the situation worse.
This skill imagines a place where you can feel calm, peaceful and safe. You're "happy" place.
Safe Place Imagery
True or False: Being angry and being assertive are the same thing.
False. Being assertive involves clear, respectful communication without aggression.
The sun is about HOW MANY times larger than the moon?
400
Accepting things for what they are.
Radical Acceptance
The state of nonjudgmental awareness of what's happening in the present moment
Mindfulness
This skill focuses on the physical sensations throughout your body.
Body Scan
True or False: People who get angry are always aggressive.
False. Anger and aggression are not the same; anger can be expressed in non-aggressive ways.
True or False: McDonald’s once made cream-soda flavored broccoli.
False: They made bubblegum-flavored broccoli.