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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Panic and the body Me Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for · Me

A practitioner 5 Me 3

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Struggling right now 1 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 2 On my own 1

Theme · Panic and the body

Medication and how it works 155Your nervous system 113Systems for daily life 103What anger actually is 89 The moment before you snap 88 Choosing your response 81 Get started 73 Grounding and settling 67 Equanimity and perspective 66 Moving your body 63 Cool the body first 61 Staying regulated in conflict 60 Food, caffeine and fuel 59 Feelings and focus 58 The fear underneath anger 58 Bringing the future closer 58 Your sense of time 58 Touch and bodywork 56 Getting assessed and diagnosed 50 What ADHD actually is 48 Exercise, food and other supports 46 Practising under provocation 46 When everything feels flat 44 Treatment and medication 42 Screens and attention 40 Breathing 34 Growing empathy 34 Shame and stigma 30 Being seen and judged 30 Making it stick 30 Structure and routine 28 Remembering to do it 26 Tolerate distress 26 Knowing your partner 25 Treatment and medication 25 What worry does 25 Answering bids 24 Breaking the worry loop 23 What you are actually defending 23 Feeling from the inside 23 When you use something to cope 22 Emotions as signals 22 Repair after rupture 19 Facing it a step at a time 18 Shared spiritual life 17 Rebuilding trust 17 Affection and touch 15 Fondness and admiration 15 Obsessions and compulsions 14 Rituals of connection 13 Posture and how you carry yourself 13 Righteous anger and perfectionism 13 Listening and understanding 13 Shame 13 Self-compassion 12 Question the thought 11 Use your strengths 10 Gratitude 9 Anger, alcohol and the body 8 The cost of avoiding 7 Living with uncertainty 5 When anger turns to harm 5 Rest and pacing 5 When you go numb 5 Letting it out safely 4 Safety and grounding 4 Meaning after harm 4 Act on your values 3 Panic and the body 3 Notice the pattern and flex 3 Name what you feel 3 Working with anger 3 Your worth is not conditional 3 Let the wave come 3 Calm the body 3 Face it gently 2 Your window of tolerance 2 Listen to the body 2 Ride the urge 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Care for yourself in loss 2 Get it out of your head 2 Keep the bond 2 Hold a boundary 2 Validate yourself and others 2 Ask and say no well 2 Help someone grieving 2 Find meaning 2 Patience and trust 2 Work with your brain 2

When

Under stress 1 In a change 1 Any ordinary day 1

The speed is why these work and also what they cost. Relief that lands within the half hour is the most teachable kind there is, and what it teaches is to reach for it sooner next time.

How fast a drug comes on drives that learning more than how long it hangs around afterwards. Better to name it out loud with someone than leave them…

A minutePanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 13:28

Benzodiazepines turn the volume down. They do not change the setting the volume keeps returning to, and it is worth saying that plainly before someone starts one.

They work by strengthening the braking system the brain already runs, which is why they act quickly and why they need that braking chemistry to be…

Five minutesPanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 94:5

The strengthened warning on this class covers misuse, addiction, physical dependence and withdrawal. The part most people miss is that dependence builds with ordinary correct use over weeks, with nobody doing anything wrong.

That distinction needs handling gently, because patients hear dependence and hear addict. Physical dependence is the body settling around something…

LongerPanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 4:28

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