Detective Thinking
True vs. False alarm, you decide.
Nina is going to a birthday party and is worried she is wearing the wrong kind of clothes. She is afraid that everyone will laugh at her, so she decides not to go.
What is a FALSE ALARM?
There are _____ steps to problem solving.
What is 5?
Define the problem
Brainstorm solutions
List the Pros and Cons for each solution
Pick a solution and try it out
If needed, go through the steps again
This is what the "C" in CLUES stands for.
Emotions are Normal, Natural, and Dangerous.
What is FALSE?
Emotions are Normal, Natural, and HARMLESS
True or False:
Facing our emotions is important because the more we practice doing things that make us feel strong emotions, the less scary and tough it becomes over time.
What is TRUE?
This kind of thinking trap makes us think that the chances of something bad happening are much greater than they actually are.
What is JUMPING JACK?
The three key parts of Present Moment Awareness are _______________________.
What is
Notice it
Name it
Experience it
Tight fists, red face, fast heart beat, sweating are body clues to this emotion.
What is Anger?
These are the three parts of an emotion.
What are Thoughts, Feelings/Body clues, and Actions/Behaviours?
True or false
We only have to practice facing our strong emotions once.
What is False?
We need to practice over and over again, until we notice that the intensity of the emotion has come down to a 2 or lower on the scale.
This kind of thinking trap has us thinking we know what others are thinking without figuring out other more likely possibilities.
Bringing a favorite blanket to bed, or a friend to talk to the teacher are examples of ___________ behaviours.
What is SAFETY BEHAVIOURS?
Feeling heavy, chest feels tight, feel like crying, shaking, throat feels tight, eyes hurt, feel tired, moving slowly are body clues for this emotion.
What is SADNESS?
This is the name for when we experience strong emotions and we do things like avoid, yell, run away, or fight.
What are emotional behaviours?
True or false
You need to do at least 10 steps in an exposure ladder for it to work.
What is False?
You can do as few or as many steps as you need.
Deciding that the very worst thing is going to happen without thinking of other less negative ways the situation could turn out, is this kind of thinking trap.
Who is Disaster Darrell?
What is STOP and GO?
These are 2 of the body clues experienced with the emotion of HAPPY.
What are smiling, feel warm inside, heart beating fast?
When the emotion wants us to do a less helpful emotional behaviour, what can we DO instead?
CLUE: The third part of our emotion.
What is ACT OPPOSITE?
It is always important to start a science experiment by trying out the experiment.
What is False?
Step one is: Start with a question
When this thinking trap shows up, it has you telling yourself that the good things you do or get don't count, and that you just got lucky. Always focusing on the negative rather than the positive.
Who is Negative Nina?
When we are practicing Detective Thinking, some of the questions we can ask ourselves when we are practicing SLOW are __________________, _______________, ___________________.......
What is the thinking trap?
What's happened in the past?
Am I 100% sure that the emotional thought is true?
What else could be true?
Is there anything good about the situation?
If my emotional thought is true, can I cope with it?
These are 3 body clues experienced when we feel fear.
What are feeling dizzy, heart beating fast, face feels hot, feel sweaty, mouth feeling dry, muscles feeling tight or hot, shaking, and out of breath.
This is the name for when we are doing a science experiment and we make a guess about what might happen.
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
Exposures allow us to feel comfortable in _________ situations.