Overvigilance & Inhibition - Negativity/Pessimism

Question 1

What is N/P?

Answer 1

Exaggerated expect that things will go wrong

Feel vulnerable to making terrible mistakes that will lead to loss, humiliation, loss of control

Question 2

How does N/P present?

Answer 2

Obsessive rumination
Anxiety
Chronic worry and complaining
Indecision

Question 3

Origins?

Answer 3

Modeling

Hardship & loss

Question 4

Cognitive strategies?

Answer 4

Past hardships don’t mean future hardships

Question 5

Behavioural strategies?

Answer 5

Less time worrying, more time enjoying

Question 6

Can be overcompensating for?

Answer 6

Emotional deprivation

Get attention or sympathy

Question 7

Goal of treatment

Answer 7

See future with optimism

Question 8

When healed

Answer 8

Make reasonable effort to avoid mistakes
Focus more on fulfilling emotional needs
Following natural inclinations

Question 9

Cognitive strategies

Answer 9

Monitor n/p thoughts replace w more objective

Stop exaggerating negative and focus on positive

Question 10

Experiential techniques

Answer 10

Resolve underlying feelings of emotional deprivation in past experiences by expressing anger and grief

Question 11

Hypervigilance re mistakes?

Answer 11

Response prevention techniques

Question 12

Helpful behavioural strategy

Answer 12

Don’t complain to others

Question 13

What to do when core issue is emotional deprivation?

Answer 13

Complaining for nurturance and empathy

Learn to ask more directly for care

Question 14

How deal with worrying?

Answer 14

Schedule worry time

Schedule more activities for fun

Question 15

Goals of treatment

Answer 15

Appropriately discuss and express positive and negative emotions
Learn to show anger in appropriate ways
Stop feeling shame about emotions