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worksheets .di stress t olerance Works H eet 2   (Distress Tolerance Handout 4)
pr acticing the ST o p  Skill
Due Date:       Name:                   Week Starting:  
Des
cribe two crisis situations that happened to you. Then describe your use of the STOP skill.
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: Rate level of distress (0–100) Before: 
 After: 
promp ting event  for my distress (who, what, when, where): What triggered the state of crisis?
Behavior you are trying to stop: 
 Stop
 Take a step back
 ob
serve
 pr
oceed mindfullyAt left, check the steps you used, and describe what you did 
here:
Describe the outcome of using skills:
Circle a number to indicate how effective the skill was in helping you tolerate the distress and cope with the situation (keeping you from doing something to make the situation worse). Use the following scale:
I still couldn’t stand 
the situation, even 
for one more minute.I was able to cope somewhat, 
at least for a little while.  
It helped somewhat.I could use skills, 
tolerated distress, and 
resisted problem urges.
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