Distress Tolerance Skills - Video 7 - Flashcard Set
What are crisis survival skills?
Crisis survival skills are techniques that help individuals get through difficult times without worsening the situation or causing stress and anxiety.
What is ACCEPTS?
ACCEPTS is a crisis survival skill set that stands for seven distract skills.
What is the first distract skill in ACCEPTS?
The first distract skill is activities, which involves engaging in a different endeavor to take the mind off the crisis, such as watching a movie, playing a game, or cleaning the room.
What is the second distract skill in ACCEPTS?
The second distract skill is contributing, which involves doing something nice for someone else to shift the focus from oneself to others.
What is the third distract skill in ACCEPTS?
The third distract skill is comparison, which involves comparing oneself to those who are coping similarly or less well or comparing oneself to one’s past self.
What is the fourth distract skill in ACCEPTS?
The fourth distract skill is distracting oneself with emotions by engaging in activities that generate different emotions than what one is currently feeling.
What is the fifth distract skill in ACCEPTS?
The fifth distract skill is pushing away, which involves mentally putting the difficult situation in a box and not thinking about it for a short period.
What does the T in ACCEPTS stand for?
The T in ACCEPTS stands for thoughts, which involves consuming the brain with mental activities that take the mind off the current situation.
What does the S in ACCEPTS stand for?
The S in ACCEPTS stands for sensations, which involves doing something that elicits strong sensations to distract the mind from the distressing situation.
Are these distract skills helpful in the long term?
No, these distract skills are helpful in the short term for getting through a distressing situation without making it worse.
When are crisis survival skills helpful?
Crisis survival skills are helpful in managing difficult emotions and situations, and in tolerating painful events and emotions when one cannot make them better right away.
Is it advisable to use these skills all the time?
No, it is not advisable to use these skills all the time.
