March 10, 2018

238 -Addressing Vulnerabilities

1 hour 2 minutes

Vulnerabilities

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes

Executive Director, AllCEUs.com

Objectives

• Define vulnerabilities

• Identify some of the most common vulnerabilities

• Their effects

• Ways to prevent them

~ Note: Each of the vulnerabilities has its own presentation. This section is designed to give you an overview and get you thinking about possible small changes that might have a big impact.

Why I Care/How It Impacts Recovery

~ Vulnerabilities are situations or things that

~ Make it more difficult to deal with life on life’s terms leading to depression, anxiety or “stress”

~ Make it easier for you to over-react or get stuck

~ Depression occurs if you feel helpless or hopeless

~ Anxiety occurs if you feel powerless or out of control

~ Addictive behaviors increase when you feel a need to escape because of stress, anxiety, depression or pain

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Pain

~ Effects

~ Sleep problems

~ Difficulty concentrating

~ Irritable mood

~ Medications are depressants and can worsen all of the above

~ Interventions

~ Talk with your doctor

~ Explore nonpharmacological interventions

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Poor nutrition

~ Your body needs the building blocks to

~ Recover from injury

~ Keep you from getting sick

~ Make happy chemicals

~ Interventions

~ Water…. 60 ounces per day

~ Have three colors on your plate at each meal (condiments don’t count)

~ Try to eat smaller meals every few hours

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Lack of sufficient, quality sleep

~ Drug/alcohol induced sleep is rarely good quality

~ Lack of Sleep Effects

~ Fogginess

~ Difficulty concentrating

~ Irritability

~ Over eating

~ Interventions

~ Develop a sleep routine

~ Cut back on caffeine 6-12 hours before bed.

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Illness

~ Effects

~ Sleep disruption

~ Exhaustion

~ Foggy head/difficulty concentrating

~ Irritability

~ Interventions

~ Compassion

~ Good nutrition

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Brain changes

~ Brain changes can be

~ Hereditary

~ From an accident

~ As a result of addictive behaviors

~ Effects

~ Changes in the structure of the brain have all kinds of effects including memory, concentration, and mood.

~ Intervention

~ Eat a good diet to give the body the necessary building blocks

~ Get adequate quality rest

~ Medication

Individual Vunerabilities: Emotional

~ Anger

~ Anxiety

~ Depression

~ Grief

~ Guilt

~ Jealousy

~ Resentment

~ Inability to self-soothe

Individual Vunerabilities: Emotional

~ When you are feeling negative emotions

~ Effects

~ It causes the brain to keep the fight-or-flight reaction going (which takes energy)

~ It lacks or prevents the happy, calming neurotransmitters from being excreted

~ Interventions

~ Develop coping skills to deal with them

~ Insert positive/rewarding experiences

~ Get plenty of rest

~ Eat a healthy diet

~ Exercise

Individual Vulnerabilities: Mental/Cognitive

~ Global, internal, stable attributional style

~ Effects

~ When everything is always it adds extra stress

~ When anything that happens reflects on you as a person, it adds extra stress

~ Interventions

~ Focus on things being specific and alterable

~ Identify what is good about you as a person

~ Explore the difference between what makes you a good person vs your skills

Individual Vulnerabilities: Mental/Cognitive

~ Extremely external or internal locus of control

~ Both situations add stress

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March 10, 2018

238 -Addressing Vulnerabilities

1 hour 2 minutes

Vulnerabilities

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes

Executive Director, AllCEUs.com

Objectives

• Define vulnerabilities

• Identify some of the most common vulnerabilities

• Their effects

• Ways to prevent them

~ Note: Each of the vulnerabilities has its own presentation. This section is designed to give you an overview and get you thinking about possible small changes that might have a big impact.

Why I Care/How It Impacts Recovery

~ Vulnerabilities are situations or things that

~ Make it more difficult to deal with life on life’s terms leading to depression, anxiety or “stress”

~ Make it easier for you to over-react or get stuck

~ Depression occurs if you feel helpless or hopeless

~ Anxiety occurs if you feel powerless or out of control

~ Addictive behaviors increase when you feel a need to escape because of stress, anxiety, depression or pain

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Pain

~ Effects

~ Sleep problems

~ Difficulty concentrating

~ Irritable mood

~ Medications are depressants and can worsen all of the above

~ Interventions

~ Talk with your doctor

~ Explore nonpharmacological interventions

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Poor nutrition

~ Your body needs the building blocks to

~ Recover from injury

~ Keep you from getting sick

~ Make happy chemicals

~ Interventions

~ Water…. 60 ounces per day

~ Have three colors on your plate at each meal (condiments don’t count)

~ Try to eat smaller meals every few hours

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Lack of sufficient, quality sleep

~ Drug/alcohol induced sleep is rarely good quality

~ Lack of Sleep Effects

~ Fogginess

~ Difficulty concentrating

~ Irritability

~ Over eating

~ Interventions

~ Develop a sleep routine

~ Cut back on caffeine 6-12 hours before bed.

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Illness

~ Effects

~ Sleep disruption

~ Exhaustion

~ Foggy head/difficulty concentrating

~ Irritability

~ Interventions

~ Compassion

~ Good nutrition

Individual Vulnerabilities: Physical

~ Brain changes

~ Brain changes can be

~ Hereditary

~ From an accident

~ As a result of addictive behaviors

~ Effects

~ Changes in the structure of the brain have all kinds of effects including memory, concentration, and mood.

~ Intervention

~ Eat a good diet to give the body the necessary building blocks

~ Get adequate quality rest

~ Medication

Individual Vunerabilities: Emotional

~ Anger

~ Anxiety

~ Depression

~ Grief

~ Guilt

~ Jealousy

~ Resentment

~ Inability to self-soothe

Individual Vunerabilities: Emotional

~ When you are feeling negative emotions

~ Effects

~ It causes the brain to keep the fight-or-flight reaction going (which takes energy)

~ It lacks or prevents the happy, calming neurotransmitters from being excreted

~ Interventions

~ Develop coping skills to deal with them

~ Insert positive/rewarding experiences

~ Get plenty of rest

~ Eat a healthy diet

~ Exercise

Individual Vulnerabilities: Mental/Cognitive

~ Global, internal, stable attributional style

~ Effects

~ When everything is always it adds extra stress

~ When anything that happens reflects on you as a person, it adds extra stress

~ Interventions

~ Focus on things being specific and alterable

~ Identify what is good about you as a person

~ Explore the difference between what makes you a good person vs your skills

Individual Vulnerabilities: Mental/Cognitive

~ Extremely external or internal locus of control

~ Both situations add stress

...more

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