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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 Five minutes Under stress Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 3 Five minutes 2 Longer 1

Who it is written for

Me 2 Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2

On your own, or with someone

Both of us together 1 On my own 1

Theme · When everything feels flat

Touch and bodywork 17 Grounding and settling 15 Your nervous system 13 The moment before you snap 10 Cool the body first 8 Feelings and focus 8 Breathing 8 Feeling from the inside 7 When anger turns to harm 6 Staying regulated in conflict 6 The fear underneath anger 5 Tolerate distress 5 Choosing your response 5 Breaking the worry loop 5 What anger actually is 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 The cost of avoiding 4 Moving your body 4 Medication and how it works 4 Getting assessed and diagnosed 3 Listening and understanding 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 What worry does 3 Question the thought 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Systems for daily life 2 Exercise, food and other supports 2 Practising under provocation 2 Screens and attention 2 Self-compassion 2 Shame 2 Shame and stigma 2 Structure and routine 2 When everything feels flat 2 Treatment and medication 2 Knowing your partner 2 Get started 2 Growing empathy 2 When you use something to cope 2 Working with anger 1 Letting it out safely 1 What you are actually defending 1 Rest and pacing 1 Emotions as signals 1 Food, caffeine and fuel 1 Your sense of time 1 Rebuild trust 1 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1 Making it stick 1 Let the wave come 1 Calm the body 1

Approach

Medical and treatment 1 Parts work 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 23 Coming and going 5 In a change 5 Under stress 2

A medicine that lifts drive is not the same as one that settles anxiety, and for some people the energising kind makes the worry louder.

Bupropion is the clearest example: often good for flatness and lack of motivation, often unhelpful on its own when anxiety and a racing, sleepless…

Five minutesWhen everything feels flatMedical and treatmentQur’an 8:24

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…

Five minutesWhen everything feels flatParts workQur’an 65:7

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