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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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How long you have · A minute
A minute 5Five minutes 2
Who it is written for
A practitioner 5Me 4
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 3Getting ready for something 2
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
On my own 13Involves someone else 5
Theme · Treatment and medication
Staying regulated in conflict 14Affection and touch 12Systems for daily life 10The cost of avoiding 9Answering bids 9Repair after rupture 7Grounding and settling 7Listening and understanding 7Medication and how it works 7The moment before you snap 5Knowing your partner 5Treatment and medication 5Rituals of connection 4Structure and routine 4Breathing 4Rebuilding trust 3Posture and how you carry yourself 3Moving your body 3Practising under provocation 2Choosing your response 2Cool the body first 2Food, caffeine and fuel 2Emotions as signals 2Equanimity and perspective 2Fondness and admiration 2Gratitude 2Making it stick 2When everything feels flat 2Your sense of time 2Treatment and medication 2What anger actually is 2Tolerate distress 1Touch and bodywork 1Screens and attention 1Ask and say no well 1Validate yourself and others 1The fear underneath anger 1What you are actually defending 1Breaking the worry loop 1Your nervous system 1Safety and grounding 1Exercise, food and other supports 1Obsessions and compulsions 1Help someone grieving 1Getting assessed and diagnosed 1Get started 1Feelings and focus 1Feeling from the inside 1Bringing the future closer 1Being seen and judged 1Shared spiritual life 1Shame and stigma 1
When
Any ordinary day 3In a change 2

Sleeping tablets, sedatives, antihistamines and alcohol all pull on the same brake. Whoever is prescribing needs the whole list, including the things that do not feel like medicine.

People rarely mention a nightly drink or a sleep aid bought off the shelf, because neither feels like part of the treatment. Together they can add up…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 2:286

If you have been given a drug from one category for a problem in another, it is fair to ask which part of it is doing the work. Often the useful effect is a side effect that has been borrowed.

The common example is an antipsychotic given in a small dose for sleep, where the drowsiness comes from its antihistamine action rather than from…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 21:7

Saying that you do not know, and then showing where you would look, beats an answer improvised on the spot. It also teaches the person asking how to check things for themselves.

Name the limit, name the source you would go to, and offer to come back with what you find. Systematic reviews and an ordinary scholarly search will…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 16:43

These medicines work on a timescale of four to six weeks, not days. Say the number out loud at the start, because someone expecting relief this week will have decided by Friday that it failed.

Something does happen on the first day, but it is only the first step of a change that takes weeks to finish. The useful version of this is a date:…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 20:114

Describe what the first fortnight might feel like before the first tablet, not after the first worried phone call. A warning given in advance turns a bad week into a milestone.

The wording can be plain. Some people feel more wound up for the first week or ten days, it usually passes, and nobody changes anything without…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 12:87

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