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Traffic Lights Model for Coping Capacity (C) 2018 LFG
Tipping Point
Red Zone
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Powerlessness
- cannot see a way out
- brain rendered immobile
- feel trapped / cannot perceive options to problem solve
IN DISTRESS: Gateway to mental illness & suicide risk
How do we get back to surviving: Apply Psychological First Aid ASAP.
Limbic system activated:
1. Stress hormone --adrenaline, cortisol, noradrenaline-- is released, affecting brain functioning.
2. Amygdala & hippocampus scan for threats &
a person is now on edge and hypervigilant .
Amber Zone
Surviving
- fight
- flight
- freeze
- fawn
- fantasy
- fumble
Our neurological defense mechanisms!
Stress:
Can be motivating (adds tension to get things done); too much can push us past our tipping point...
Green Zone
Cortex is
engaged
Thriving
- Happy Hormones -- dopamine,
serotonin, endorphins, oxytocin --
allow access to Cerebral Cortex
- Higher executive functioning allows
us to think, problem solve, achieve
- Can face adversity, feel safe, adapt,
regulate emotions, solve problems
Home of Resilience
85-100% resilience
= robust mental health
You can do anything!
Intellectual Property Claim: this is a individual work of Leigh Fraser-Gray. Permission must be granted for replication, use or reference to this Traffic Lights Model of Coping Capacity (TLMoCC) designed and created by Leigh Fraser-Gray.
Over time, I have developed pracititioner wisdom and my own intellectual property in the Traffic Lights Model of Coping Capacity (c 2018) which allows a review of your individual internal and external eco systems affecting mental health and general well being.
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Using my traffic lights of coping capacity model vernacular - see model below - repositioning our perspective/s, changing some habits, and renewing individual understanding potentially propels us from feeling overwhelmed and
powerless &/or just surviving to considering how to learn how to really thrive.
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