T/F - Emotion Regulation skills are intended to work every time
FALSE
Name a pleasant activity you can do tonight
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The name of the skill in which you rehearse a plan ahead of time so that you are prepared when there is a threat
Cope ahead
The name of the skill that we use to feel positive emotions in the short-term
Accumulating Positive Experiences
Some thing or things that happened before to make me more likely to struggle with the event I am facing
Vulnerability Factors
What is one Function of emotions
motivate and organize action, communication to others, communicate to ourselves
Name a tip for getting better sleep
Stick to a schedule, establish a bedtime routine, don’t eat or drink a lot before bed, avoid caffeine and nicotine, exercise, keep your room cool, sleep primarily at night, keep it dark, quiet and no screens, use your bed only for sleep, soak and sack out, don’t rely on sleeping pills, and don’t catastrophize
Give an example of how you would experience your emotion in a healthy way
observe your feeling, step back and notice it, get unstuck, experience it as a WAVE, coming and going, don’t try to get rid of it or push it away, and don’t try to hold on to it
The name we give to the trigger. It's what happened in the minutes right before the emotion fired
prompting event
The activity that begins every group
mindfulness activity
T/F - "Negative" emotions are a result of bad attitude
FALSE
_____________are often ineffective solutions to intensely painful emotions
Problematic Behaviors
Name a goal/value important to you and describe how you can work towards it
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T/F - Certain foods and affect your mood
TRUE
T/F Complex carbs, proteins, dairy foods, and fruits and veggies are all foods that contribute to good emotional health
TRUE
Name a goal of Emotion Regulation
Understand and name the emotions that you experience, Decrease emotional frequency and sensitivity, Decrease emotional intensity
This Helps us understand what is going on when we experience emotion, including vulnerabilities, triggers, thoughts, body changes, and aftereffects
Model of emotion
Using opposite action, what would you do when you experienced fear/anxiety of public speaking?
Do the opposite ALL THE WAY
What is the WAVE skill?
Practicing experiencing your emotion, the emotional body sensations while remembering your are not your emotion and you do not need to judge your emotion
What is ABC PLEASE skill used for?
Helps increase positive emotions and reduce vulnerability to Emotional Mind
Let go of painful emotions using______________
mindfulness
Change emotions through __________________
opposite action
Emotions come with specific __________________that push us to act in certain ways
ACTION URGES
What does it mean to do opposite action ALL THE WAY
Opposite behavior, opposite words and thinking, opposite facial expressions, voice tone, and posture
When does opposite action work best???
When the emotion does NOT fit the facts! (e.g. fear of public speaking)