Distress tolerance skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) help you survive behavioral economics crisis without making things worse.
TIPP Skills for Acute Behavioral Economics
Temperature: Cold water on face activates the dive reflex, rapidly reducing behavioral economics intensity
Intense exercise: 20 minutes of vigorous exercise discharges behavioral economics physiological activation
Paced breathing: Slow the breath (especially exhale) to activate parasympathetic system
Progressive muscle relaxation: Systematic tension-release reduces behavioral economics physical symptoms
ACCEPTS Skills for Riding Out Behavioral Economics
Activities that engage attention away from behavioral economics Contributing to others shifts focus from behavioral economics Comparisons that provide perspective on behavioral economics Emotions opposite to behavioral economics — deliberately generated Pushing away behavioral economics temporarily when you can't act on it now Thoughts that replace behavioral economics rumination Sensations that provide strong alternative input
When Distress Tolerance Is the Right Skill for Behavioral Economics
Use distress tolerance when behavioral economics is intense but the situation can't change right now. The goal is surviving without making things worse — not solving behavioral economics.