Welcome to Day 4 of 14 Days of DBT Skills! Today I am talking about the Opposite Action skill. This skill is really useful if you are having strong emotions that are being activated by your interpretation of a situation, rather than the actual situation at present in front of you. Sometimes emotions are activated by how we are interpreting a situation, rather than what is actually going on. These interpretations might be happening as a result of difficult things that happened in the past, distressing memories that have been activated, flashbacks or other things that are going on deep in our unconscious mind or memories.

Opposite action is a skill that can be hugely beneficial for managing emotions that have been activated by interpretations of a situation, rather than a situation itself. I really hope this video explains this skill to you so you can give it a try for yourself if you think it may be helpful.

As promised in the video, here is a link on the DBT skill known as Check The Facts: https://tinyurl.com/yam85e2j

Daily DBT Video Schedule:
Day 1 - observe and describe
Day 2 - non-judgmental stance
Day 3 - identifying emotions
Day 4 - opposite action to emotion
Day 5 - self-validation
Day 6 - turning the mind
Day 7 - radical acceptance
Day 8 - cope ahead (worst case scenario)
Day 9 - improve the moment
Day 10 - 'PLEASE' skills
Day 11 - 'FAST' skill
Day 12 - 'DEAR MAN' skill
Day 13 - How do I know which skill to use at a given moment?
Day 14 - Summary: Q&A video

Useful book about DBT in detail: DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets by Marsha M. Linehan. Guilford Press; 2nd edition (9 Dec. 2014)

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