Across
- 3. Distract with ACCEPTS skill where you engage in an activity that creates a different emotion, such as watching a funny video
- 4. IMPROVE skill involving intentionally easing physical tension
- 8. Fully acknowledging reality as it is rather than fighting what has already happened
- 11. Observing a thought as simply a thought/sensation of the brain and not facts, then let go of the thought
- 12. Distract with ACCEPTS skill where you engage in mental tasks (e.g., puzzles, reading, counting to 10 or colors in a picture, read/sing poems or song lyrics)
- 15. IMPROVE skill involving creating a calming or safe scene in your mind
- 18. Distract with ACCEPTS skill that involves temporarily creating mental distance from a painful situation or distressing thoughts by putting them ‘on a shelf’ to deal with later
- 19. Reality acceptance skill that uses a gentle, relaxed half-smile to help the body move toward acceptance
- 20. Distract with ACCEPTS skill that involves using strong or noticeable physical sensations to shift your attention away from distress (e.g., listening to loud music, hot shower)
- 21. Distract with ACCEPTS skill where you do something for someone else
- 22. IMPROVE skill that helps you tolerate distress by focusing only on the present moment and the one thing you are doing right now.
- 23. Distract with ACCEPTS skill that shifts perspective by comparing your current experience with other times or others’ experiences
- 24. Skill for pausing before acting impulsively: Stop, Take a step back, Observe, Proceed mindfully
Down
- 1. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of acting on an urge versus resisting it
- 2. IMPROVE skill involving taking a brief, intentional break from a stressful situation
- 5. Repeatedly redirecting yourself toward acceptance when your mind returns to nonacceptance
- 6. IMPROVE skill involving finding purpose or significance in a difficult experience
- 7. IMPROVE skill involving speaking compassionately to yourself as you would to a friend
- 9. Distract with ACCEPTS skill where you do an intentional task to distract yourself
- 10. Using the five senses to create comfort in a difficult moment
- 13. Skills that change our body’s physiology to quickly reduce intense emotional arousal
- 14. Reality acceptance skill that uses an open, relaxed hand posture to help the body move toward willingness.
- 16. IMPROVE skill involving seeking support from a higher power, spiritual belief, or sense of something greater to help tolerate distress
- 17. Choosing to participate effectively in reality rather than refusing or fighting it