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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4 practices

Treatment and medication On my own Under stress Clear all

How long you have

A minute 3 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for

Me 4 A practitioner 4

On your own, or with someone · On my own

On my own 4 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Treatment and medication

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 Tolerate distress 10 Breathing 10 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Feelings and focus 9 Feeling from the inside 8 Practising under provocation 7 Medication and how it works 7 Moving your body 7 Systems for daily life 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Making it stick 6 Question the thought 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 Shame 5 What worry does 5 When everything feels flat 4 Get started 4 What you are actually defending 4 Letting it out safely 4 Shame and stigma 4 Treatment and medication 4 Facing it a step at a time 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 Remembering to do it 1 Rebuild trust 1 Validate yourself and others 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Panic and the body 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Affection and touch 1 Care for yourself in loss 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 19 Under stress 4 In a change 1

Something that settles a surge of panic within minutes and something that changes how often the surges come are doing two different jobs. A person can need both, and it helps to say which is which.

The fast option is a rescue. It works quickly, it is meant for the worst moments, and its usefulness is measured in that hour. The slower option is…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 38:42

How well something works in the moment and whether it is right for the long run are two separate questions. Fast relief is extremely convincing, which is exactly why it is worth pausing over.

When something reliably ends the worst feeling within twenty minutes, what your body learns is to reach for it sooner next time. That is not…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 21:84

There is an older antihistamine used for anxiety that works by making you drowsy and carries no risk of dependence. It suits a rough stretch, and it is a bridge rather than somewhere to settle.

The costs are the ordinary antihistamine ones: dry mouth, constipation, and for older people a genuine risk of confusion and falls, with effects on…

A minuteTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 2:184

When what is keeping you awake or on edge is your situation, a tablet can only do so much. That is not a failure of the medicine and it is certainly not a failure of you.

Noise, an unsafe home, night shifts, someone you are frightened of: none of these are altered by anything you swallow. The medicine may still be…

Five minutesTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 65:7

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