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Old Apr 02, 2007, 11:34 PM
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Yeah. My advice is:

Be gentle with yourself.

Are there soothing activities that you like to do? A nice hot bubble bath with candles or giving yourself a manicure or getting a book that you can enjoy? Now is the time to take extra special care of yourself.

Are there distracting activities that would help? Going for a walk or a run or doing some yoga or playing tennis or throwing around a football?

Are there activities that help you feel competent and in control? Some people find that they can distract themself fairly well with work or helping others or something like that.

If you need to get it out... Journalling can help too. I guess it will take a bit to figure when it is best to self soothe and when it is best to distract.

Things do have a way of coming up both in therapy and between therapy sessions. It really is important to work on identifying what sorts of things help you cope when things are hard because there could indeed be some hard times ahead... Maybe... That would be something worth talking about with your therapist too?