Distress Tolerance Skills - VIDEO 28 - QUIZ

Radical Acceptance: A Distress Tolerance Skill

• Radical acceptance is a distress tolerance skill that involves accepting a situation even if you don't like it, in order to ground yourself in reality and deal with the truth.

• It is important to identify areas in your life that you're struggling to radically accept, as those are the ones that need the most work.

• Radical acceptance involves stepping back from your emotional mind and putting on your glasses to see reality clearly and allow yourself to let in the truth.

• It's about letting go of struggling and fighting against reality, and moving from the fantasy you've created in your mind to the reality of truth and facts.

• Every event that occurs has multiple causes, and if we keep doing the same things and exposing ourselves to the same people in the same situations, we're going to keep creating the same types of realities.

• Accepting the truth allows us to make better decisions and create different causes to change our reality.

• Some myths about radical acceptance include: refusing to accept something means it won't be true, accepting something means you like or approve of it, and accepting someone means you like or love them.

• Things that people often need to work on radically accepting include: the past, things out of their control, imperfection, not always getting what they want, their thoughts and feelings, and impermanence.

• Responding to pain with radical acceptance can make the pain not have to get worse, and sometimes it actually makes it better.

• Willfulness is what we do when we're fighting reality, while willingness is the openness and readiness to accept reality.

• Practicing radical acceptance involves being willing to let go of control, being open to the truth, and responding to pain with acceptance and compassion.

• Radical acceptance is an ongoing process of accepting reality, and it's important to keep practicing and choosing it in order to experience inner peace and wholeness.Radical Acceptance: The Power of Facing Reality

• Radical acceptance is a process that involves accepting reality as it is, not as we wish it would be

• Willingness is more associated with radical acceptance and involves allowing reality in and being receptive to the truth

• Radical acceptance is not just an intellectual process, it involves the mind, body, and spirit

• Our body posture can either help or hinder our ability to radically accept a situation

• DBT recommends using "willing hands," an open and receptive hand posture, to help with radical acceptance

• Breath is symbolic and can reflect our level of acceptance, shallow breathing indicating a lack of acceptance and deep breathing indicating acceptance

• Adding a half-smile and placing a hand on your heart can also help with radical acceptance

• Radical acceptance is a process and it's normal to slip back into non-acceptance, but the key is being mindful and turning our mind back to acceptance

• Accepting reality puts us in a better position to make good decisions and change the situation

• Making bold decisions can be scary, but if we have the courage to do what we know is right, it's the next step after radical acceptance

• It's okay to seek support when making big changes

• Radical acceptance is a powerful and helpful skill that takes practice over time