Feelings
how we communication non-verbally.
What is body language?
Different ways of thinking that often lead to negative consequences because they are irrational.
What are mind traps/thinking errors/cognitive distortions?
We think of explanations that seem to fit or seem to "logically" explain our decisions or behaviors.
What is Rationalization?
When we refuse to take responsibility for our decisions and our actions by trying to make others responsible.
What is blaming?
The age the human brain is fully developed.
What is 25?
The state of mind we are often stuck in and react the most on.
What is emotion/emotional?
When we overreact to people or events by assuming they are totally one way or totally the other.
What is the all or nothing trap?
We feel that we are somehow "better than" or more deserving of special treatment than someone else.
What is Entitlement?
When we exaggerate even our smallest troubles, turning them into major crises.
What is catastrophizing?
Having negative feelings toward another person because you believe they have wronged you in some way.
What is Resentment?
What are physical responses/physical cues?
Refusing to take responsibility for our decisions and our actions.
What is the blame trap?
When we don't want to face a situation, we may think that if we act like we don't know, others will let us off the hook.
What is Confusion?
When we overreact to people or events by assuming they are totally one way or totally the other.
What is all or nothing thinking?
The part of the brain that helps us make decisions.
What is the frontal lobe/frontal cortex/pre-frontal cortex?
Being able to understand another person's feelings by imagining if you were in their shoes.
What is empathy?
When we exaggerate even our smallest troubles (making mountains out of mole hills).
What is the catastrophe trap?
We use it to control the conversation, change the subject, and shift the focus away from a topic that makes us uncomfortable.
What is Hop Over?
When we have thoughts that are unfairly harsh and critical about ourselves.
What is guilt thinking?
The feelings of pity and sorrow for someone.
What is Sympathy?
Part of the brain that controls emotions.
What is the limbic system/amygdala?
When we think and act like we are victims of circumstance and there's nothing we can do to solve our problems.
What is the helpless trap?
When we think we can fool or control others by getting them to feel sorry for us.
What is Victim Stance?
When we think and act like we are victims of circumstance and there's nothing we can do to solve our problems.
What is helplessness?
Four types of fear responses.
What is fight, flight, freeze, fawn and/or flop?