Anger
What emotion do people try to stuff or repress?
Anger
A natural reaction to traumatic or intensely emotional situations
Depression
What is the first step in coping with guilt?
Acknowledging/accepting the feeling instead of avoiding it.
What is a sign of aggressive communication?
Blaming, shouting/yelling, or interrupting
People in recovery often fear what?
Losing control
Trying to "blank" dealing with anger can make the anger build.
Delay
What emotion are you experiencing when your interest in pleasurable activities may diminish somewhat.
Sadness
What coping tool helps reduce harsh self-judgment?
Positive self-talk or self-compassion
A communication skill that involves repeating back what someone said to show understanding.
Reflective listening
What do Steps Eight and Nine of the Twelve Steps focus on?
Making amends
Sometimes it may be better to express your anger after you have what?
Cooled off or calmed down
What certain medications are very effective in helping to restore brain chemical balance.
Antidepressants
What thinking skill helps challenge anxious or negative thoughts?
Cognitive re-framing
What two words does an "I-statement" start with?
I feel
Why is guilt common in recovery?
Guilt often comes from past actions, broken trust, or harm caused during active addiction. When the fog clears and awareness returns, people start to face what they avoided emotionally before.
What is the goal of expressing anger?
To let the other person know how you feel, not to make the other person angry or upset.
What emotion causes imbalance in certain brain chemicals.
Depression
The coping skill of pausing to think before responding is known as…
Emotional regulation
By using this type of communication, you can make a point without being offensive, manipulative, or hurtful.
Assertive communication
When people become aware that they have hurt others or hurt themselves, what emotion do they experience?
Guilt
Name two physical signs of anger
The pupils of the eyes open up or dilate, the heart pumps more blood to the brain, rapid breathing, the amount of blood sugar increases to provide more energy, digestion slows down, the skin begins to perspire to flush out waste products and to keep the person cool.
What emotion do children experience that they may still have as an adult from unpredictability?
Fear
This coping skill allows you to observe your anger without acting on it impulsively.
Mindfulness
What are two negative ways of expressing your anger?
Blaming, sarcasm, shouting/yelling, projecting guilt, "you" statements, physical violence
What term comes from Step One of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous that helps you understand why you did what you did.
Powerlessness