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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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Your nervous system remove filterStruggling right now remove filterInvolves someone else remove filterClear all
How long you have
Five minutes 1Twenty minutes 1Longer 1
Who it is written for
Me 3Someone I care about 3A practitioner 2My husband or wife 1
Where you are right now · Struggling right now
Coping, mostly 8Struggling right now 3
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
On my own 44Involves someone else 3
Theme · Your nervous system
Screens and attention 13The cost of avoiding 11Medication and how it works 8Systems for daily life 5What ADHD actually is 5Grounding and settling 4Reading, numbers and learning differences 4What worry does 4Breaking the worry loop 4Posture and how you carry yourself 3Feelings and focus 3Remembering to do it 3Treatment and medication 3What anger actually is 3Your nervous system 3Touch and bodywork 2Moving your body 2Getting assessed and diagnosed 2Emotions as signals 2Shame and stigma 2Structure and routine 2The moment before you snap 2Bringing the future closer 1Practising under provocation 1Exercise, food and other supports 1Obsessions and compulsions 1When you go numb 1When you use something to cope 1Food, caffeine and fuel 1Get started 1Feeling from the inside 1Growing empathy 1Treatment and medication 1Cool the body first 1Shame 1Choosing your response 1Your sense of time 1Rest and pacing 1
When
Under stress 2In a change 1

Reaching for another person when you are wound up is not a distraction from coping. Contact can turn the alarm down at the source.

This is why a short call, a message to someone who knows you, or sitting in the same room as family is worth doing before you get as far as the…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 13:28

When you cannot settle yourself, borrow somebody else's steadiness. Sitting near a calm person, even without talking, is a real thing to try.

Choose by effect rather than by closeness. Some people you love leave you more wound up than you started, and some people you barely know are easy to…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:248

When someone finally reaches somewhere safe, do not be surprised if they fall apart rather than bloom. Stay close through that part.

People who have lived on high alert often start grieving once the danger stops, and it can look like going backwards: more tears, more fear about the…

LongerYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 106:4

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