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24 Cards in this Set
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Active destructive |
A way of responding to someone's positive experience that squashes the event, brings the conversation to a halt, and leaves the person feeling ashamed, embarrassed, guilty, or angry |
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Aggressive communication |
A communication style marked by talking over the other person, out-of-control emotion, accusatory and denigrating language and body language. |
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Always, always, always |
A thinking trap; believing that negative events are unchangeable and that you have little or no control over them |
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Assertive communication |
An MRT skill used to communicate clearly and with respect by using the ideal model to communicate in a confident, clear and controlled manner. |
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ATC |
An MRT skill used to identify your thoughts about an activating event and the consequences of those thoughts |
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Avoid thinking traps |
An MRT skill used to identify and correct counterproductive patterns In thinking through the use of Critical Questions |
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3 Cs |
Confident, clear, controlled |
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Catastrophizing |
Wasting critical energy ruminating about the irrational worst case outcomes of a situation, which prevents you from taking purposeful action, leads to downward spirals, creates high levels of anxiety, decreases focus, and increases helpfulness |
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Confirmation Bias |
The tendency to notice the evidence that fits our thoughts and to miss the evidence that contradicts or thoughts |
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Connection |
An MRT competency; the capacity for strong relationships; the ability to understand others perspectives; a willingness to ask for help; a willingness to support others |
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Consequences |
The C in the ATC model; emotions and reactions that are driven by thoughts about an activating event ( thoughts drive consequences) |
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Critical questions |
Specific questions that help get around thinking traps and broaden your awareness of important information |
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Deployment strengths |
Strengths that helped you get through deployment, but that can become weaknesses during the reintegration process if not adapted; one example is cohesion |
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Detecting icebergs |
An MRT skill used to identify core beliefs and core values that fuel out-of-proportion emotion and evaluate the accuracy and usefulness of these beliefs. |
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Elevator speech |
An elevator speech is a very short explanation of a topic. It is short enough to be delivered to someone during an elevator ride, but contains just enough information to get buy in and open the door to future conversation |
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Energy activation |
Process by which the mind and body generates energy, making it available for action; influenced greatly by our thoughts. |
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Energy management |
An MRT skill used to regulate energy levels deliberately In order to be efficient and effective under any circumstances; requires deliberate control of rythmic breathing, thoughts, and consequences |
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Everything, everything, everything |
A Thinking Trap; believing that you can judge ones worth/character based on a single event or believing that what caused the problem is going to negatively affect many areas of one's life |
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External motivation |
Motivators that drive an individual to engage in an activity in order to attain some separable outcome Instead of simply for the enjoyment of the activity; this type of motivator is less determined by the person; examples include rewards, punishments, shame, and guilt. |
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Fight or Flight |
Activation of sympathetic nervous system. A physical state that occurs in response to any stressor, real or imagined, and characterized by increased energy activation |
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Goal setting |
An MRT skill which is a process to deliberately energize, direct, and sustain behavior to ensure progress toward a goal |
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Grounding |
A skill designed to combat mind-wandering and anxiety by helping soldiers stay focused on the present task and their immediate surroundings; also known as the 3x3 exercise |
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Hunt the good stuff |
An MRT skill which is used to counter the negativity bias, create positive emotion, and to notice and analyze what is good |
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Icebergs |
Core beliefs and core values that are usually connected to how we think the world should operate; assumptions we have about ourselves and others |
