Coping Skills/Processing
According to research, human brains are wired with a negativity bias. What does this mean?
people tend to focus more on the negative as they try to make sense of the world.
How can you cultivate happiness in your life?
What is the internal temperature of a TaunTaun
Luke-Warm
What is resilience?
Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.
How can we trust ourselves to make decisions?
- Practice Self Compassion
- Set achievable goals
- Be comfortable spending time alone
- Reconnect with yourself/your wants and needs
- Find your purpose
- Build resilience and self efficacy
How does the negativity bias affect us?
The negativity bias can cause you to:
What are cognitive distortions?
Cognitive distortions are habitual ways of thinking that are often inaccurate and negatively biased. Cognitive distortions usually develop over time in response to adverse events.
What did the vinaigrette say when the refrigerator door was opened?
Close the door! I'm dressing!
What are some ways to build mental resilience?
Prioritize relationships with understanding and empathetic individuals / join a group to become involved in your community (connection)
Wellness - Take care of you body
Set goals and find purpose/meaning
Accept change
What are the 3 types of mental health stigma?
- Public
- Systemic
- Self
What is negative self talk?
What is cognitive restructuring?
Cognitive restructuring is a group of therapeutic techniques that help people notice and change negative thinking patterns. When thought patterns become destructive and self-defeating, mental health professionals can help you explore ways to interrupt and redirect them.
How do you stop a bull from charging?
Cancel its credit card
What are some barriers you face?
Answers may vary
Why is it important to break mental health stigma?
Belief in stereotypes can affect job prospects, housing decisions, even the quality of healthcare received. Self-stigma decreases one's self-esteem and self-efficacy, leading to the “why try effect”, where people with mental health conditions question their worthiness and capability to pursue personal goals, leading to a loss of self-respect and increased shame and hopelessness
How can we manage negative self talk?
Instead of fixating on past mistakes that cannot be changed, consider what you have learned and how you might apply that in the future.
- Reframe the Situation
- Establish New Patterns
- Savor Positive Moments
What are the 3 C's of changing negative thought patterns?
- catch it
- check it
- change it
How do billboards talk?
Sign Language
How do you overcome your barriers?
Answers may vary
- Identify skills, talents, interests
-make a list of small goals achieved and unachieved
-utilize CM, staff, and community supports to identify barriers & find out what is important to you
How do we reduce stigma around mental health?
Talk openly about mental health. Educate yourself and others on mental health and related systemic issues. Show compassion. Choose empowerment over shame. Encourage equality between physical and mental health. Normalize treatment.
Why is it important to change negative thinking patterns?
Negative thinking patterns may make depression, anxiety and upsetting feelings even worse. Repeated patterns of unrealistic negative thinking are called cognitive distortions.
What are some cognitive restructuring techniques?
- Self Monitoring
- Questioning Assumptions
- Gathering Evidence
- Performing a Cost benefit analysis
- Generating Alternatives
Why is the sand wet?
Because the sea weed
Why is it important to overcome barriers?
-When we feel stuck it is helpful to figure out what is in the way
-It is hard to move forward without strategies to overcome barriers
-Negative thinking is one of the most harmful barriers of all - we may believe something is a barrier when it is not
What are core beliefs and values?
Core beliefs are strong, long-term beliefs a person has that help them understand how the world works and who they are. These beliefs begin forming in early childhood and influence a person's personality, decision making, and mental health. These beliefs act as rules for managing relationships and daily life.