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 everything feels flat A minute Someone I care about Clear all

How long you have · A minute

A minute 4 Five minutes 6 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 2

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 9 Me 8 Someone I care about 4

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 3 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Both of us together 1 Involves someone else 1

Theme · When everything feels flat

Cool the body first 26 Systems for daily life 24 Grounding and settling 24 The fear underneath anger 22 Your nervous system 21 Your sense of time 16 What anger actually is 16 Bringing the future closer 15 Medication and how it works 14 Structure and routine 13 Equanimity and perspective 12 The moment before you snap 12 Exercise, food and other supports 9 Moving your body 9 What ADHD actually is 8 The cost of avoiding 8 Choosing your response 7 Making it stick 7 Remembering to do it 7 Screens and attention 7 Growing empathy 7 Tolerate distress 7 Breathing 7 Treatment and medication 6 Food, caffeine and fuel 6 What worry does 6 What you are actually defending 5 Get started 5 Shame and stigma 5 When everything feels flat 4 Practising under provocation 4 Shame 4 Self-compassion 3 When you use something to cope 3 Emotions as signals 2 Breaking the worry loop 2 When anger turns to harm 2 Reading, numbers and learning differences 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Feelings and focus 2 Facing it a step at a time 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 1 Touch and bodywork 1 Help someone grieving 1 Getting assessed and diagnosed 1 Letting it out safely 1

Approach

Parts work 2 Medical and treatment 2

When

Any ordinary day 2 Under stress 2

Serotonin syndrome comes from stacking, and the second agent is usually something nobody thought to mention: a migraine tablet, a cough medicine, a herbal remedy for low mood.

Triptans, tramadol, dextromethorphan, linezolid and St John's wort all count, as do other antidepressants. Someone who mentions in passing that they…

A minuteWhen everything feels flatMedical and treatmentQur’an 12:87

When someone says they react badly to normal doses of almost everything, take it as information about their body rather than as a personality trait.

Bodies differ in how fast they break a medicine down. Give two people the same dose and one of them may be holding far more of it for far longer,…

A minuteWhen everything feels flatMedical and treatmentQur’an 65:7

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…

A minuteWhen everything feels flatParts workQur’an 93:3

When someone tells you they have been hurting themselves, keep your face steady and stay curious. Alarm closes the conversation, and you need it open.

A visible flinch teaches the person that this is not something you can hear, and the next disclosure goes elsewhere or nowhere. It can also make the…

A minuteWhen everything feels flatParts workQur’an 16:127

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