It’s easy for me to get off track with upsets or bad news. Two things that help sometimes are DBT and asking yourself if it will matter a year from now. Practicing mindfulness (being present) helps. As part of mindfulness, I do the five senses process as mentioned in the DBT book and review the distress tolerance chapter.

Sometimes it’s still hard not too get sidelined. I had several upsets yesterday and couldn’t overcome them so I went to bed early knowing I would feel better in the morning.