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Writing and Mental Health panel
- Content warnings
- Backstory (IOP)
- IOP after burnout got too bad
- Learned a lot of skills that apply all over
- Opposite of shame is pride, thus opposite action is to talk about it (thus pride, destigmatization, etc)
- Name emotion to address reaction/expression
- Started tying to writing re: Toledot
- Disclaimer
- IANAD
- A lot of these are my interpretations
- Only hope I can help by sharing
- Definitions
- SUDs (esp re engaging w/ skills)
- Activation vs depression
- DBT
- Shotgun approach
- Fancy names and acronyms are built to let them come to mind more easily
- Vulnerabilities
- PLEASE skill
- Physical iLlness
- Eating
- Avoid mood-altering substances (but take meds)
- Sleep
- Exercise
- Describing emotions
- PLEASE skill
- Reactive skills (low to high SUDs)
- Cognitive distortions/negative self-talk
- perfectionism (not good enough)/editing in place, shame
- check the facts, opposite action (crappy flash fiction), chain analysis, "1st thought = conditioning, 2nd thought = choice, build habits to modify choices"
- Executive dysfunction
- writer's block
- IMPROVE/ACCEPTS, cope-ahead, opposite action (flash fiction, no editing)
- Rumination
- slow velocity, can't start, catastrophizing
- wise-mind, radical acceptance, opposite action (tell yourself you're doing so)
- Emotional distress
- not understanding why can't write, burnout, catastrophizing
- STOP, willingness, emotional wheel
- Cognitive distortions/negative self-talk
- Proactive skills
- Mindfulness
- aspirations
- gratitude
- one-mindfulness
- Habit-building/exercises
- intentionality
- proactivity
- Dialectical thinking
- Importance of 'and'
- Accepting growth
- Self care
- FAST/self respect
- Building positives/accepting success
- Mindfulness
- It's all kind of about self-worth, because without that, it's easy to get stuck