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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Getting assessed and diagnosed On my own Under stress Clear all

Who it is written for

Me 2 A practitioner 2

On your own, or with someone · On my own

Both of us together 3 Involves someone else 2 On my own 2

Theme · Getting assessed and diagnosed

Cool the body first 30 The moment before you snap 30 Grounding and settling 27 Choosing your response 26 Touch and bodywork 22 Your nervous system 20 What anger actually is 18 The fear underneath anger 15 Equanimity and perspective 14 Breathing 10 Tolerate distress 10 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Feelings and focus 9 Feeling from the inside 8 Medication and how it works 7 Practising under provocation 7 Moving your body 7 Making it stick 6 Systems for daily life 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Question the thought 5 What worry does 5 Shame 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Shame and stigma 4 When everything feels flat 4 What you are actually defending 4 Letting it out safely 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Treatment and medication 4 Get started 4 Calm the body 3 Emotions as signals 3 Growing empathy 3 Let the wave come 3 Name what you feel 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Working with anger 3 Your sense of time 2 Screens and attention 2 Safety and grounding 2 Ride the urge 2 Patience and trust 2 Exercise, food and other supports 2 Meaning after harm 2 Knowing your partner 2 Getting assessed and diagnosed 2 When you use something to cope 2 Being seen and judged 2 Answering bids 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Self-compassion 2 Listen to the body 1 Reading, numbers and learning differences 1 Act on your values 1 Validate yourself and others 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Remembering to do it 1 Rebuild trust 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Affection and touch 1 Panic and the body 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Care for yourself in loss 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 25 Coming and going 10 In a change 4 Under stress 2 After a row 1

Very sweet, very salty, very fatty food acts on the reward system in a way that has more in common with a drug than with dinner. Reaching for it when you are flat is self-medication, not greed.

Knowing that changes what you do about it. Counting calories and resolving to try harder both aim at willpower, which was never the mechanism in the…

Five minutesGetting assessed and diagnosedADHD skillsQur’an 39:53

With gambling machines the pull may be the lights and the noise as much as the chance of winning. That changes what you actually need to stay away from.

If the sensory buzz is doing the work, the triggers are not only the betting shop. They are the phone games built with the same flashing and chiming,…

Five minutesGetting assessed and diagnosedADHD skillsQur’an 16:43

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