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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Treatment and medication Five minutes Struggling right now Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 5 Five minutes 3

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Me 3

Where you are right now · Struggling right now

Coping, mostly 8 Struggling right now 3 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone

On my own 2 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Treatment and medication

Your nervous system 27 What anger actually is 20 Grounding and settling 16 Touch and bodywork 15 Screens and attention 14 Medication and how it works 12 Getting assessed and diagnosed 12 When everything feels flat 12 Shame and stigma 12 The moment before you snap 12 Equanimity and perspective 11 Get started 11 Feelings and focus 9 The fear underneath anger 9 Your sense of time 9 Cool the body first 8 Obsessions and compulsions 8 What ADHD actually is 8 Breaking the worry loop 7 Emotions as signals 7 Feeling from the inside 7 Choosing your response 7 Systems for daily life 7 Breathing 7 What worry does 6 Shame 6 When you use something to cope 6 When you go numb 5 Remembering to do it 5 Reading, numbers and learning differences 5 Food, caffeine and fuel 5 Growing empathy 5 The cost of avoiding 5 Treatment and medication 5 Moving your body 4 When anger turns to harm 4 Question the thought 4 Structure and routine 3 Exercise, food and other supports 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 Practising under provocation 3 Being seen and judged 3 Tolerate distress 3 Treatment and medication 3 Facing it a step at a time 2 Self-compassion 2 Making it stick 2 Bringing the future closer 2 Rest and pacing 1 What you are actually defending 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Letting it out safely 1

When

Under stress 2 Any ordinary day 1

Most people are a mixture rather than a clean example of one thing. If treatment has taken the edge off one part and left another standing, that is usually two problems, not one failure.

Someone whose panic has settled but who still spends every evening rehearsing tomorrow has had the fear part treated and the worry part left alone.…

Five minutesTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 94:5

Wanting it to stop right now is not a character flaw, it is what anxiety does to a person. Saying the hurry out loud, instead of acting on it quietly, keeps it from making the decisions.

That urgency is the reason people creep a dose up, hop between supplements, and abandon anything slow before it has had a chance. Treating the hurry…

Five minutesTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 21:83

When what is keeping you awake or on edge is your situation, a tablet can only do so much. That is not a failure of the medicine and it is certainly not a failure of you.

Noise, an unsafe home, night shifts, someone you are frightened of: none of these are altered by anything you swallow. The medicine may still be…

Five minutesTreatment and medicationMedical and treatmentQur’an 65:7

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