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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2 practices

Tolerate distress Someone I care about Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 4 Me 3 Someone I care about 2

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 13 Involves someone else 2

Theme · Tolerate distress

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

Approach

Body based 1 DBT skills 1

When

After a row 1 Any ordinary day 1

Before telling someone what you have noticed about them, ask whether they want it. Do you mind if I offer something back to you? Then describe only what you saw, plainly.

Close attention is not neutral for a person who grew up being watched for a reason. Asking first turns being observed into something they agreed to,…

A minuteTolerate distressBody basedQur’an 52:48

A calming skill handed over at the wrong moment reads as your anger is not welcome here. For someone taught as a child that their anger was unacceptable, that is the old prohibition arriving again in kinder clothes.

Let the anger be seen first. Say that it makes sense, that there is a reason for it, and only then offer anything that settles the body. The order…

Five minutesTolerate distressDBT skillsQur’an 2:45

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