Riddle Me This!
Skills (general)
Mixed Bag
DBT Assumptions
Skills learned
100

You are in a dark room with a box of matches. Nearby are three things: a candle, an oil lamp and a log of firewood. Which do you light first?

The match

100

What are the 4 DBT Modules?

Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, Interpersonal Effectiveness

100

What is the official state fruit of Mass.?

the Mayflower 

100

People can do better, try harder, and be more _____ to change.

Motivated

100

Name at least 2 of the 3 mindfulness skills.

Observe, Describe, and Participate 

200

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter M
200

What skills decrease impulsive behaviors? 

Distress Tolerance

200

What does TIPP stand for? (Name at least two!)

 Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, Progressive Muscle Relaxation. 

(100 bonus points if you can name WHEN to use TIPP!)

200

People want to _____.

Improve
200

Name one way of practicing distress tolerance/crisis survival skills.

ACCEPTS, TIPP, IMPROVE, Self-sooth (6 senses), or pros & cons.

300

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

A stamp

300

What are the 3 states of mind?

Emotion Mind + Reasonable Mind = Wise Mind 

300

Thirty men and only two women, but they hold the most power.
Dressed in black and white, they could fight for hours.

Chess pieces

300

People are doing the ____ they can.

Best

300

A skill that asks us to say hello to people when we are shy, to call a friend when we want to isolate, or *not* apologize for existing. 

What is Opposite Action?

400

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

seven 
400

When we use the describe skill, what is the ONLY thing we describe?

THE FACTS

400

One in ___ people experience mental health challenges at some point in their life. 

FIVE (5)
400

There is no absolute _____.

Truth

400

True or false: approval is the same as acceptance

False: Radically Accepting something does not mean we have to agree with or approve of it. 

500

I break but never fall. And I fall but never break. What are we?

Day and Night 

Dawn breaks and Night falls

500

What skills are used when a person is having difficulties with keeping relationships steady? 

Interpersonal Effectiveness

500

What animal cannot walk backwards?

A Kangaroo! 

500

People may not have created their own ____ but they have to ____ them anyway.

Problems/Solve

500

Name at least two out of four parts of the GIVE skill. 

(be) Gentle, (act) Interested, Validate, and (use an) Easy Manner