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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3 practices

When everything feels flat Someone I care about Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 2

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 7 Me 4 Someone I care about 3

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 8 Both of us together 3 Involves someone else 3

Theme · When everything feels flat

Medication and how it works 40 Systems for daily life 35 The cost of avoiding 34 Screens and attention 25 Moving your body 21 Treatment and medication 18 Exercise, food and other supports 13 What ADHD actually is 12 Feelings and focus 11 Your sense of time 11 Breaking the worry loop 11 Your nervous system 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 What anger actually is 9 What worry does 9 Structure and routine 9 Grounding and settling 8 Facing it a step at a time 8 Get started 6 Choosing your response 6 Reading, numbers and learning differences 6 Shame and stigma 5 Breathing 5 When you use something to cope 5 Bringing the future closer 5 The moment before you snap 5 Getting assessed and diagnosed 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 Emotions as signals 4 Making it stick 3 Remembering to do it 3 When everything feels flat 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Cool the body first 3 Tolerate distress 2 Growing empathy 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Help someone grieving 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 The fear underneath anger 2 What you are actually defending 2 Rest and pacing 1 Practising under provocation 1 Being seen and judged 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 Coming and going 1

Serotonin syndrome comes from stacking, and the second agent is usually something nobody thought to mention: a migraine tablet, a cough medicine, a herbal remedy for low mood.

Triptans, tramadol, dextromethorphan, linezolid and St John's wort all count, as do other antidepressants. Someone who mentions in passing that they…

A minuteWhen everything feels flatMedical and treatmentQur’an 12:87

If you know something about a person's history that the prescriber may not, say it. A past eating disorder or a single seizure can change what is safe to prescribe.

Bupropion lowers the seizure threshold, and in someone who is purging, restricting or very underweight that risk climbs meaningfully. The therapist…

Five minutesWhen everything feels flatMedical and treatmentQur’an 15:88

If a treatment reliably produces strange sensations, describe them beforehand. Expected strangeness is far easier to sit through than strangeness that arrives unannounced.

With esketamine, feeling oddly detached from your body or the room is the drug doing what it does, not a sign of harm, and it usually clears within a…

Five minutesWhen everything feels flatMedical and treatmentQur’an 6:125

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