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      "description": "For anticipated stress, relapse prevention or planned difficult situations.",
      "bodySensation": "Anticipatory tension, sleep problems before stressful events, increased excitability in the days before, body is already preparing",
      "impulse": "Over-planning or over-thinking, avoiding the situation, wanting to control all eventualities, using cope-ahead exercise as a safety anchor",
      "intensityNotes": "Preparing for stress has a prophylactic effect and reduces the impact of the crisis. Most effective time: when the situation is not yet acute. However, preparing too early and intensively can also increase fear.",
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        "text": "Preparing for strain is a prevention-oriented situation in DBT — the goal is to reduce vulnerability before stress accumulates, rather than managing a crisis in progress. This distinguishes it sharply from crisis and acute emotion regulation situations. The relevant skill categories are PLEASE (Physical illness, Eating balanced, Avoiding mood-altering substances, Sleep, Exercise), ABC (Accumulating positive emotions, Building mastery, Coping ahead), and mindfulness for maintaining awareness of current vulnerability. The most common mistake is treating preparation as optional or deferring it until conditions are already difficult. Coping ahead is particularly underused: mentally rehearsing how to handle expected stressors makes the actual skills more available when needed."
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