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Managing Impulsivity. I can manage my impulses. . I can keep my emotions under control. . Quote of The Day. Quote of The Day. When are good times to take a deep breath? When Angry When Anxious When making an important decision When impatient When not feeling well
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Managing Impulsivity • I can manage my impulses. • I can keep my emotions under control.
Quote of The Day • When are good times to take a deep breath? • When Angry • When Anxious • When making an important decision • When impatient • When not feeling well • When feeling overwhelmed
Quote of The Day • Why does taking a deep breath help? • By breathing more slowly and more deeply, you're affecting your blood's chemistry. Every time you take a breath, you're pulling in oxygen into your lungs which then goes into your bloodstream.
Quote of The Day • Why does taking a deep breath help? • Your heartbeat and respiration slow, the body's rate of oxygen consumption drops steeply, and blood lactate levels, which some researchers believe are linked to panic attacks, decline markedly.
Quote of The Day • Why does taking a deep breath help? • You're fooling your body into thinking that you're in a low stress situation by doing this kind of deep breathing. When you're naturally in a stressful situation, you breathe more quickly. But when you are naturally relaxed, you breathe more slowly. By doing this kind of deep breathing, you are artificially changing your blood chemistry and triggering something in your brain which tells it "everything is okay now."
Video Clips • So When Should Adam have started deep breathing? • Watch this next clip. • Imagine yourself in this scenario. • What would you do?
Reactions • Who managed their impulses the best in this situation? • Who managed them the worst? • What would you have done? Be honest.
Assignment • On one side of your card write down the one thing that makes you act most impulsively. • On the other side of the card write 3 ways you will work on managing that impulse.
Assignment Side two of Card I act most impulsively when….. 1. I will try…. 2. Next time I will… 3. I can manage my impulsivity by…. Side One of Card
Closing What have we learned about managing impulsivity?