Name That Symptom
Feeling nervous, restless, and on edge are symptoms of this condition.
What is anxiety?
This term describes the “honeymoon phase” of early recovery.
What is the pink cloud?
Doing things for someone that they can do for themselves may be considered this.
What is enabling?
The 5-4-3-2-1 method is a type of this coping skill.
What is grounding?
This brain chemical is strongly connected to pleasure, reward, and motivation.
What is dopamine?
A decreased need for sleep and unusually high energy may indicate this mood state.
What is mania?
PAWS stands for this.
What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome?
This family role often acts out and becomes the identified “problem.”
What is the scapegoat?
This DBT skill uses cold temperature and intense exercise to reduce emotional intensity.
What is TIPP?
This survival response can activate during danger or high stress.
What is fight, flight, freeze or fawn?
Flashbacks and hypervigilance are commonly associated with this disorder.
What is PTSD?
This term describes replacing one addiction with another.
What is cross addiction?
This role is known for being super-responsible, perfectionist, and rule-following.
Hero
Instead of avoiding emotions, this coping strategy involves noticing and tolerating emotions safely until they pass.
This part of the brain helps with decision making, impulse control, and judgment.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Hearing or seeing things others do not may be this symptom.
What are hallucinations?
This phrase describes someone abstinent from alcohol but still engaging in unhealthy recovery behaviors.
What is a dry drunk?/white knuckling
This term describes excessive emotional or psychological reliance on another person.
What is codependency?
A coping skill that helps reduce anxiety by bringing attention to the present moment without judgment is called this.
What is mindfulness?
This brain structure is heavily involved in fear and emotional reactions.
What is the amygdala?
Feeling emotionally numb or disconnected from yourself can be called this.
What is dissociation?
Name 4 different MATs
suboxone, methadone, Subutex, naltrexone, Antabuse, acamprosate
This attachment style may develop from inconsistent caregiving and can lead to fear of abandonment in relationships.
What is anxious attachment?
This coping skill focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts like “I always fail” into more balanced thinking.
What is cognitive reframing/restructuring?
This concept describes the brain’s ability to adapt and form new pathways during recovery.
What is neuroplasticity?