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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3 practicesHow long you have
Who it is written for · Me
On your own, or with someone
Approach · Parts work
Try putting a sentence between you and the mood: this is what my brain is doing right now. It does not make me a bad person, and it does not mean I cannot cope. It just feels that way today.
Low mood does not arrive labelled as a mood. It arrives as facts about you, that you are useless, that nobody wants you around, and it is very hard…
Put something in before you take something out. Removing the only way a person has of coping leaves them with nothing, which is not safer.
In practice this looks like smaller steps than a promise to stop: cutting the frequency, changing what is used, agreeing to wait ten minutes and do…
Sometimes the honest answer is that there is nothing in your surroundings to feel good about. Changing them counts as treatment, not as running away.
A life with no friends nearby, no work that means anything and a steady drip of criticism will produce low mood in most people, and skills practised…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.