Distress Tolerance: TIP Skills 2

Distress Tolerance: TIP Skills 2

I and P skills...

Multiple Choice

When we talk about TIP skills the T stands for temperature. What did we talk about doing to decrease SNS and tap into PNS?

• make hot coco

• eat hot dogs

• put your face in ice water

• put your face in hot soup

Multiple Choice

Sympathetic Nervous System is responsible for...

• sleep and rest

• fight or flight

Multiple Choice

The Parasympathetic Nervous System is responsible for...

• fight or flight

• rest and slow down

I is for Intense exercise...

To calm down your body when it's revved up by emotion, engage in intense aerobic exercise, if only for a short time. Running, jumping, weight lifting, basketball, dancing

Parasympathetic Nervous System activation...

The key of doing intense exercise is to use up the energy then feel the cool down your body feels when the exercise is over. That natural cool down is your PNS kicking in.

Open Ended

What is an intense exercise you can do to use up energy built up from strong emotions?

P is for Paced breathing

You can do this anywhere...

Longer exhales than inhales...

goal: inhale 4-5 seconds, exhale 7-8 seconds

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Multiple Choice

T I P stands for...

• Temperment, Insanity, Protein

• Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing

Open Ended

What is the point of TIP skills?