Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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When you go numb A practitioner Involves someone else Clear all

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 1 Me 1 My husband or wife 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 4 Both of us together 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · When you go numb

Medication and how it works 61 Systems for daily life 37 The cost of avoiding 35 Screens and attention 26 Moving your body 21 Treatment and medication 19 Exercise, food and other supports 15 What ADHD actually is 13 What anger actually is 12 Feelings and focus 11 Breaking the worry loop 11 Structure and routine 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Facing it a step at a time 10 Getting assessed and diagnosed 10 Your sense of time 10 What worry does 10 Your nervous system 10 Grounding and settling 9 The moment before you snap 9 Bringing the future closer 8 Growing empathy 7 Equanimity and perspective 7 Choosing your response 7 Get started 7 Treatment and medication 7 Cool the body first 7 Emotions as signals 7 When everything feels flat 7 Breathing 7 Reading, numbers and learning differences 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 Shame and stigma 5 When you use something to cope 5 Tolerate distress 4 Remembering to do it 4 Touch and bodywork 4 Panic and the body 3 Making it stick 3 Being seen and judged 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Practising under provocation 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 The fear underneath anger 2 Shame 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Rest and pacing 2 Living with uncertainty 1 When you go numb 1

Pulling back makes you harder to reach, which makes people give up on reaching, which looks like proof that nobody was coming. The loop closes itself.

Being told to open up rarely breaks it, because opening up in one go is exactly the risk the whole strategy exists to prevent. What breaks it is…

Five minutesWhen you go numbEmotionally focusedQur’an 39:23

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