Name the Disorder
Sleeplessness or hypersomnia; decrease or loss of appetite; lack of energy; feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, inappropriate guilt
What is DEPRESSION?
A process of change through with you can improve your health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach your full potential
What is RECOVERY?
Limits we define for ourselves and others. They often serve as self-protection
What are BOUNDARIES?
This distortion is thinking in absolutes: you're good or bad, smart or dumb, winner or loser.
What is ALL OR NOTHING/POLARIZED/BLACK AND WHITE THINKING?
Occupying your mind or time with other activities
What is DISTRACTION?
Excessive worry, motor tension, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, hypervigilance
What is ANXIETY?
A cue that prompts an increase in symptoms
What is a TRIGGER?
A style of communication that involves being direct, honest, and appropriate
Because something seems negative, you assume everything will always go wrong
What is OVERGENERALIZATION?
A cognitive strategy where a person substitutes a negative thought with a more positive and realistic one
What is REFRAMING?
Exposure to a traumatic event; Flashbacks; Staying away from places, events, or objects that are reminders of the experience; Negative thoughts about oneself or the world; etc
What is POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER?
Some signs are subtle and can be hard to notice, while others are more obvious clues that a relapse is coming
Examples: Feeling tense, change in appetite, withdrawing from family or friends, difficulty concentrating, stopping medication
What are WARNING SIGNS?
Communication is open and spontaneous; rules/boundaries are clear and explicit yet allows flexibility; acceptance of self and other; each is trustful of the other; mistakes are accepted and learned from; personal growth, change, and exploration is encouraged...
What is a HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP?
You immediately assume the worst, act as though you can read minds, fortune telling...
What is JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS?
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations
What is MINDFULNESS?
Mood swings, sadness, elevated mood, euphoria, irritability, risk taking behaviors, hopelessness, loss of interest, etc.
What is BIPOLAR DISORDER?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance
What are the STAGES OF CHANGE?
A term we use to describe a pattern in an unhealthy relationship involving Incident -> Making Up -> Calm -> Tension Building -> Incident.....etc
What is THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE?
DAILY DOUBLE!
You magnify your faults or the potential pitfalls of a situation and minimize your assets/achievements, decide a small setback is a major issue
What is CATASTROPHIZING?
A practice of visualizing a calm, safe space, used to calm one's mind and body during stressful times
What is GUIDED IMAGERY?
Intrusive, recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images and repetitive behaviors or mental acts one feels compelled to do
What is OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER?
A process that involves education, identification of triggers, warning signs, coping skills, resources, and awareness of strengths and support systems.
What is RELAPSE PREVENTION?
Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, Stonewalling
What are GOTTMAN'S FOUR HORSEMAN?
You allow feelings to guide your thoughts
What is EMOTIONAL REASONING?
Treating yourself with loving kindness, often the way you would treat a friend or loved one
What is SELF-COMPASSION?