Emotions
Trauma
Addiction
Mood Disorders
Meadows Model
100

I am neither good nor bad, I just am.

What is Emotions!

100

I can be a single event or a series of events, but I am always anything less than nurturing. 

What is trauma.

100

I am a primary chronic disease of brain, reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry. 

What is Addiction.

100

18% of people between the ages of 18-54 experience this disorder.

What is an Anxiety Disorder.

100

The five core issues of the development of immaturity are...

Self-esteem; Boundary; Reality; Dependency; Moderation/Containment. 

200

I give hope and a sense of abundance.

What is Joy

200

This part of the brain holds logic, understanding, reasoning, self-control, and emotional regulation.

What is Pre-Frontal Cortex.

200

I am a chemical in the brain that is based on a rewards system. The more of me, the higher the want. 

What is Dopamine. 

200

This cognitive distortion places all the attention on the negatives of the situation.

What is mental filter/tunnel vision

200

I am in control with being out of control; I am out of control with being in control.

What is Moderation/Containment core issue

300

I motivate us to grow towards increasing our maturity. 

What is Pain.

300

I represent how much someone can manage at a given moment before they become out of control because of strong emotions.

What is Window of Tolerance

300

These five components make up the Stages of Change. 

What is pre-contemplation; contemplation; preparation; action; maintenance.

300

This cognitive distortion focuses on viewing situations on one extreme or another instead of on a continuum. 

What is All-or-Nothing Thinking.

300

Reality core issues is related to this nature of the child.

What is Imperfect (Reality).

400

My purpose is to Motivate you to Action; Communicate to Other; Communicate to Self

What are the Function Emotions. 

400

This attachment style has difficulty with communicating needs directly; tends to "act out" when triggered and has a sensitive nervous system. 

What is Anxious Attachment. 

400

I am known as an excessive drive to repetitively engage in behaviors aimed at producing pleasure, relief, and/or escape despite increasing negative and harmful consequences.  

What is Process Addictions.

400

This term represents conflicting beliefs or strong negative beliefs that create unpleasant emotions and problematic or unhealthy behaviors. 

What are Stuck Points. 

400

Vulnerability (Protection) is linked to this core issue.

What is Boundary Issues.

500

An Ego State that is rebellious, walled off, perfect person, better than, or overly responsible.

What id Adaptive Adult Child

500

In the Window of Tolerance these two components are present as a response to becoming dysregulated (either stick on or stuck off).

What is Sympathetic Hyperarousal and Parasympathetic Hypoarousal. 

500

We make up the two types of Addiction.

What is Substance use and Process Addiction. 

500

What is not a stuck point?

Behaviors; Feelings; Facts; Questions; Moral Statements.

500

This is the groups favorite place to be!

What is the Brain Spa.