Monday-ish
True or False: Mindfulness is for suckers
False!
True or False: It is always better to put someone else's needs before your own
False! You deserve to have your needs met, too!!
True or False: Feeling your emotions is a waste of time and should be avoided at all costs
False!
True or False: Cool people don't use Radical Acceptance
False!
Radical Acceptance is very cool :)
In which iconic pop song does Gwen Stefani spell out B-A-N-A-N-A-S?
Hollaback Girl
If you get in a disagreement with a coworker and feel anxious and angry as a result, how could you respond using "wise mind"?
Group leader will decide on points :)
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What are the limits that we use to protect ourselves in relationships called?
Boundaries
How could you change the following sentences to be more aligned with the concept of middle path?
"I love you but you never clean up after yourself. You're being disrespectful"
Group leader will determine points :)
True or False: When you tell yourself to stop feeling upset about a difficult situation, you are using Radical Acceptance.
False!
Radical acceptance is an empowering and active process that is all about validating our emotions about a situation and choosing to focus on what we have control over.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Which singer won the first season of American Idol?
Kelly Clarkson
DAILY DOUBLE!!
If someone seems "cool" or "distant" and often tries to "fix" a problem when a loved one is struggling with difficult emotions, this person might might be in this "mind state".
Rational/Reasonable/Logical
Is the sentence "I feel like you are not listening" an "I statement" or a "you statement"?
"You statement" - Tricky, right?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
In DBT, the main dialectic that we work on balancing is acceptance and ___________.
Change
DAILY DOUBLE!!
The skill that involves observing and sitting with your emotions throughout their full cycle without trying to fix them is called ______________________.
Ride the Wave/Urge Surfing
Which movie is the following quote from?
"That's why her hair is so big. It's full of secrets"
Mean Girls
If I buy a car from a used car lot solely because the salesperson was "really nice", which "mind state" am I using?
Emotional Mind
Which communication technique involves letting other people know that their feelings and needs are real, important, and understandable?
Validation
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Between which of these two links in the behavioral chain do you have the most power to change?
a. Prompting event and Thoughts
b. Thoughts and Feelings
c. Feelings and Urges
d. Urges and Behaviors
D. Urges and Behaviors
Please describe at least 2 ways that Jack resisted reality and 2 benefits of accepting reality in the parable yesterday
Kathy will decide on points :)
In which movie from 2000 did the main character have a "friendship" with a volleyball named Wilson?
Castaway
What concept states that opposing ideas, statements, and feelings can be true at the same time?
Dialectics
One of the five conflict styles that we talked about on Tuesday was "Compromising". Please name two others.
BONUS!! For an additional 50 points each, name the final two.
Collaborating
Avoiding
Accommodating
Competing
The skill that helps us move against our emotional urges and towards our values instead is called _________________.
Opposite Action/Opposite to Emotion Action
We talk about 5 different sets of DBT skills at Linden Oaks. One of these sets of skills is Middle Path. Please name 2 of the other sets.
BONUS!! For an additional 50 points each, please name the other two
Mindfulness
Emotion Regulation
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Distress Tolerance
Which Canadian music artist released the album "Jagged Little Pill" in the 1990s?
Alanis Morissette