FrameworkUrgent firstDistress Tolerance

Crisis Survival Strategies

Crisis survival

Bridge short-term crises without making the situation worse or acting impulsively.

When does this fit?

When an acute crisis cannot be solved immediately and the main danger lies in making things worse through impulsive action.

Priority in the path

This node sits close to acute crisis and should be read more as an early step than as later deepening.

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Skill

Self-Soothing

Shared topic

When your system needs reassurance and friendly self-regulation first.

Also in: Mindfulness · Emotion Regulation

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Pausing, accepting and moving forward

Crisis survival strategies provide the broader framework for getting through acute distress. Improving the moment is one specific skill within it: making a difficult moment more bearable even when it cannot immediately be resolved.

SkillDistress Tolerance

Improving the Moment

Shared topic

When the moment cannot be resolved immediately, but needs to be carried differently internally.

Crisis survivalMoment-based reliefMoment reframing and tolerability

Also in: Mindfulness · Emotion Regulation

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