Distress Tolerance Skills: What are they?
True or False: Pain occurs the same intensity and frequency for all people
False
Changing your attitude to a new way of looking at your life is _____
Radical Acceptance
True or False: Distraction and avoidance of problems are the same
False! Distraction does not mean avoidance
True or False: Many coping strategies serve to make problems worse
True
One way to stop engaging in self-destructive behaviors is by:
Distracting Self From Self-Destructive Behaviors
Name an example of distracting your thoughts:
Up to you!
Pain can be ____ or _____
physical or emotional
Name three ways to distract ourselves:
•Distract from Self-Destructive behavior
•Distract with Enjoyable Activities
•Distract by Paying Attention to someone else
•Distract with your Thoughts
•Distract by Leaving
•Distract with Chores
•Distract with counting
True or False: In a state of relaxation your hear beats more slowly and your blood pressure is increased
False, your blood pressure is decreased
Why are distraction skills important?
Temporarily stop you from thinking of pain and give you time to find appropriate response
Name three ways to sooth yourself:
•Sense of smell
•Sense of vision
•Sense of hearing
•Sense of taste
•Sense of touch
Name two self-destructive behaviors
cutting, burning, scratching, mutilating, Overthink past and future, isolate, drugs, alcohol, take out on others, avoid people and fun, over/under eat