Traumatic Life Events
What is trauma?
A negative event that is emotionally painful and that overwhelms a person's ability to cope
What is a feeling?
A person's response to an emotion
What is communication?
What does it mean to be accountable?
Accounting for your actions and accepting responsibility for them
What are 2 symptoms of trauma?
Flashbacks, nightmares, easily startled, sleep challenges, challenges eating, lacking motivation, failing grades, avoiding people/places that remind you of the event, engaging in impulsive behaviors, outbursts of anger, detached from others
What is on the spectrum of anger? For example, nervous and terror are on the spectrum of fear.
Irritation and rage
What is the best communication style to have?
Assertive
What is self-honesty?
Being honest with yourself
What are 3 causes of trauma?
You get the points as long as it is correct
How do feelings relate to substance use?
People use substances to manage their feelings
What are 3 of the 5 communication roadblocks? (Double points if you know all 5)
assuming people know what we are talking about, assuming people know what we're feeling, not listening well, overreacting to what other people say, and not being clear about saying no
What are 3 causes of low self-esteem?
overly critical parents, childhood losses, overprotectiveness, parental overindulgence, negative relationships, bullying
What does ACEs stand for?
Adverse childhood experiences
What are 4 things you can do that will make you feel good later?
Set priorities, think before acting, limit involvement with negative people, put in hard work, facing your fears, self-control, managing money, setting goals, self-care/exercise, and learning to do things the right way
What are the 4 communication styles?
Passive, aggressive, assertive, and passive-aggressive
What are 4 different associations you can have?
family, inner circle, outer circle, hobbies/interests, romantic relationships, beliefs, attitude/behavior
What are the 3 categories of trauma triggers?
Avoidable/preventable, unavoidable, and unexpected
What are 5 of the 7 key feelings? (Double points if you know all 7)
Anger, fear, hurt, lonely, pleasure, guilt, and shame
What are 5 steps we can take to communicate better to support sobriety?
Be honest with yourself and others, learn positive self-talk, be assertive, recognize the importance of empathy, learn to listen, think about and understand how others hear you, not taking things personally, finding compromise, and remaining calm and logical