CBT
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What is the purpose of anxiety? Why were we born with it?
What is an obsession?
intrusive thought, unwanted, reoccuring, image, sensation, memory or sound that causes the individual distress
Name 1 symptom of depression
changes in appetite or weight, changes in sleep, decreased energy, feelings of guilt/worthlessness, difficulty concentrating, difficulty making decisions, SI
What are the 3 items on the CBT triangle?
Thoughts, feelings, behaviors
What are the 3 Fs?
Fight, flight, freeze
What is a compulsion?
a repetitive bx that one engages in to rid themselves of anxiety
What is 1 change that can occur when someone is depressed? (hint: there were a few!)
emotions, eating, sleeping, physical, weight, thinking
What is the official diagnosis for depression called? (Hint: MDD)
Major depressive disorder
How do the 3 items on the CBT triangle interact?
They are all interconnected and influence one another
How does our perception of a threat influence our anxiety?
it determines whether it is triggered
What happens in the short term when we engage in rituals?
relief
Name 1 co-occurring condition that someone with depression may have
anxiety, ptsd, personality dx, ocd, medical illness, substance abuce
when does anxiety become abnormal?
When it is triggered in the absence of a threat
What item on the CBT triangle do we target here at rogers?
Behaviors
At what level of anxiety do we perform our best at?
What happens in the long term when we engage in rituals?
makes the obsession stronger, feeds the monster
family hx, stressors, interpretation of stress, coping, rumination
what part of our brain shuts down when we go into survival mode?
Because you have the most control over your behaviors
Why cant we out think our anxiety?
The animalistic part of our brain takes over our rational mind and shuts it down. Our animalistic mind is much more powerful
Whats the difference between people with OCD and without OCD when they experience intrusive thoughts?
People with OCD attach meaning
Explain the TRAP cycle
Triggers, reaction, avoidance pattern
What part of the brain is our fight, flight, or freeze located?
limbic system (or amygdala)