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Low mood and hard feelings

Feelings are information before they are problems. The practices here are about naming what you feel accurately, sitting with what will not move yet, and acting on what matters to you even on the days nothing feels like anything.

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Act on your values A minute Clear all

Theme · Act on your values

When everything feels flat 9 Tolerate distress 8 Emotions as signals 5 Shame 5 Question the thought 4 Name what you feel 3 When you use something to cope 3 Working with anger 2 Ride the urge 2 Calm the body 2 Act on your values 1 Letting it out safely 1 When you go numb 1

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When a feeling pushes you to hide or lash out and it does not fit the facts, gently do the opposite.

Fear says withdraw; step forward. Anger says strike; soften. When the urge misfits reality, act against it.

A minuteAct on your valuesDBT skillsQur’an 23:96