What is walk away?
Elevated blood pressure, pulse and racing thoughts.
What is generalized anxiety?
This liquid chemical may reduce anxiety, numb emotions, but excessive use may result in worsen mood.
What is depression?
What is another person or a counselor?
These coping skills may help a person deal with trauma. For example, grounding, positive self-talk, and making sure your environment is
What is safe?
Anger can elevate heart rate and this body function as well.
What is blood pressure?
Know as a practice used by Buddhist monks to calm themselves.
What is mindfulness?
This old pattern, like walking by the liquor store, visiting old using friends may trigger this neurotransmitter's release in the brain.
What is dopamine?
Difficulty concentration can be improved by avoiding multi-tasking, getting at least 8 hours of sleep, exercise and using a non-medical form of relaxation called
What is meditation?
Everyone has a right to safe and respectful relationships. Healthy boundaries involves sharing information at only a level you are comfortable with. Sharing information is called.
What is disclosure?
Punching something hard to relieve anger is called what.
What is bologna?
When anxious the simplest thing a person could do is ..
What is breathing slowly?
Used to self-medicate anxiety, this street drug can also cause hallucinations.
What is THC?
Insomnia, sleep disruption, can be signs of depression or psychosis, the following are recommended strategies to improve sleep: cooler room, dark room, blue light filter on digital devices, reduce caffeine intake and take this natural herbal medicine.
What is Melatonin?
Nightmares can be an aftereffect of trauma and can be treated with a medicine called
Labeling anger with words can help control anger.
What is emotional granularity?
A medicine that works on the neurotransmitter GABA and helps anxiety?
What is Ativan? or Klonopin? or Xanax?
Triggers to use can happen when a person is hungry, angry, lonely and
What is tired?
Severe symptoms like paranoia may be a sign of relapse: fearing safety or that someone may harm you; worry that sinister forces may be out to harm a person. Some possible ways to address paranoia: medicines, safe environment, and talking to person to determine if it makes sense to them or not.
What is reality-testing?
Maintaining healthy boundaries means sharing information you are only comfortable sharing, doing things only you want to do that are safe, and most importantly you have the right to say
What is no?
The brain's fight or flight command center.
What is the amygdala?
Coloring, playing a video game, cards or watching a movie all may be helpful in dealing with anxiety.
What are coping skills? Distractions
A coping technique that involves observing cravings that come and go over the course of minutes to hours is
What is riding the wave?
Loss of energy, pleasure in activities or visiting with people. These signs may lead to staying to yourself.
What is isolation?
What is EMDR?