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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When you use something to cope A practitioner Under stress Clear all

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 2 Me 2 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Struggling right now 1

Theme · When you use something to cope

Cool the body first 31 Grounding and settling 30 The moment before you snap 28 Choosing your response 23 Your nervous system 23 Touch and bodywork 22 What anger actually is 20 The fear underneath anger 18 Feelings and focus 16 Equanimity and perspective 15 Breathing 10 The cost of avoiding 10 Feeling from the inside 9 Systems for daily life 9 Screens and attention 8 Medication and how it works 8 Shame 8 Moving your body 8 Tolerate distress 8 Practising under provocation 8 Getting assessed and diagnosed 7 What worry does 7 When anger turns to harm 6 Bringing the future closer 6 Making it stick 6 When everything feels flat 6 Shame and stigma 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Treatment and medication 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Emotions as signals 5 Facing it a step at a time 5 Obsessions and compulsions 4 Get started 4 What you are actually defending 4 Growing empathy 4 Posture and how you carry yourself 4 Letting it out safely 4 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Being seen and judged 3 Question the thought 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Structure and routine 2 Self-compassion 2 Treatment and medication 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 When you use something to cope 2 Your sense of time 2 Remembering to do it 1 What ADHD actually is 1 Rest and pacing 1 Panic and the body 1 Anger, alcohol and the body 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 19 In a change 2 Under stress 2 Coming and going 1

Most people can tell you exactly why the thing is a bad idea. The trouble arrives later, when feeling is running high and all that reasoning is nowhere to be found.

So treat it as a doing problem rather than a knowing problem. Decisions made calmly and in advance travel into hard moments much better than…

Five minutesWhen you use something to copeDBT skillsQur’an 12:33

With vaping the pull is often not the hit at all. It is knowing the thing is there in your pocket if you need it.

One fifteen year old described it exactly that way: the comfort was that she could, not that she did. If that is your pattern the work sits in two…

Five minutesWhen you use something to copeDBT skillsQur’an 2:268

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