General Concepts
Thinking Patterns
Coping Skills
Therapies
Diagnosed Disorders
100

When anxiety pushes us towards our values and helps guide our attention 

Helpful Anxiety 

100

Criticizing yourself for what you should've done 

"Should Statements" 

100

Awareness, present moment, nonjudgement are apart of these skills 

Mindfulness skills (meditation, breathing techniques, etc.) 

100

Multiple people with similar struggles gathered together to help each other out

Support Groups

100

Constant feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities that can make it hard to enjoy life

Depression

200

Normal physiological and physical reaction to the demands of life 

Stress 

200

“I am confident. I am powerful. I am strong. I am getting better and better every day” are examples of this

What are Positive Affirmations?

200

A way to write down your thoughts and feelings to better process them

Journaling 

200

Thoughts, feelings, behaviors; looking at how these connect

CBT

200

includes episodes of extreme highs and extreme lows of mood. 

Bipolar Disorder 

300

How you feel about yourself 


Self-Esteem 

300

Believing that the worst is gonna happen in a situation

What is Catastrophizing (Magnification)

300

Looking for the good and having compassion for yourself 

Positive Affirmations, positive thinking, or self-love 

300





A technique that aims to get you slowly get comfortable with the things that you fear or have avoided for a long time

Exposure therapy

300

Long term psychological shock that results from a traumatic incident

PTSD 

400

Sudden Episode of Intense Fear or anxiety (may include symptoms such as difficulty breathing) 

Panic Attacks 

400

“I failed in the past, so I’m gonna fail again” is example of this cognitive distortion

What is Overgeneralization?

400

A tool used to keep track of how you are feeling on a day to day basis

Mood Tracking or Mood Diary 

400

An effective therapy for PTSD that involves recalling traumatic memories and focusing on something such as a hand moving back and forth

EMDR

400

 Excessive worry that results in social situations (fear of criticism, being embarrassed, etc.)

Social Anxiety (or social phobia)

500

Unhealthy or unhelpful thinking patterns 

Cognitive Distortions (also accepted - thinking errors, stinkin' thinkin) 

500

“I passed this test, I must’ve just gotten lucky” (but in reality this person studied hard) is an example of this cognitive distortion  

What is Discounting the Positive?

500

A way to improve our mood by starting to do more and more each day in areas such as social connection, accomplishment, and enjoyment. 

Behavioral Activation

500

A technique often used for treating borderline personality disorder; includes skills such as distress tolerance and emotional regulation

DBT

500

Recurrent unwanted thoughts that make people feel driven to do something repetitively

OCD