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Who it is written for · Me
A practitioner 2Me 2Someone I care about 1
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 1Struggling right now 1
Theme · When you use something to cope
The moment before you snap 32Cool the body first 30Grounding and settling 29Choosing your response 28Touch and bodywork 22Staying regulated in conflict 20Your nervous system 19What anger actually is 18The fear underneath anger 15Equanimity and perspective 15Feelings and focus 12Tolerate distress 11Breathing 10Systems for daily life 9Answering bids 9Feeling from the inside 8Practising under provocation 8Moving your body 8What worry does 7Medication and how it works 7Breaking the worry loop 6Making it stick 6Shame 6Affection and touch 6Bringing the future closer 6When everything feels flat 5Food, caffeine and fuel 5Knowing your partner 5Question the thought 5Treatment and medication 5What you are actually defending 5Emotions as signals 4Growing empathy 4Posture and how you carry yourself 4Getting assessed and diagnosed 4Shame and stigma 4Letting it out safely 4Get started 4Being seen and judged 3The cost of avoiding 3Exercise, food and other supports 3Obsessions and compulsions 3Name what you feel 3Calm the body 3Facing it a step at a time 3Let the wave come 3Listening and understanding 3Working with anger 3Righteous anger and perfectionism 3Safety and grounding 3Screens and attention 3Your sense of time 2Rebuild trust 2Ride the urge 2Self-compassion 2Meaning after harm 2When anger turns to harm 2When you use something to cope 2Patience and trust 2Act on your values 1What ADHD actually is 1Validate yourself and others 1Treatment and medication 1Anger, alcohol and the body 1Structure and routine 1Shared spiritual life 1Remembering to do it 1Care for yourself in loss 1Rest and pacing 1Repair after rupture 1Panic and the body 1Your window of tolerance 1Listen to the body 1
When · Under stress
Any ordinary day 17In a change 2Under stress 2Coming 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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