Like bird dancer said I too have the bad habit of clenching my teeth and jaw. Another probably bad habit is doing too much video games. When I am overly anxious I try to "escape" into World of Warcraft and will play for hours until my back hurting makes me stop. I've also been extremely itchy lately so I scratch myself raw, and my therapist thinks it might be a psychological thing but who knows.

As for positive coping methods, I regularly use breathing techniques. I also tell myself to "STOP" when I'm freaking out, and when I think something is wrong with me I list out my symptoms and then look at them and tell myself I'm fine. I read a lot of self help books and books on living with bipolar that seem to help me feel like I'm doing something to get better..

Since being medicated the one thing I keep struggling with is paranoia. No coping method seems to really help. I just choose not to outwardly react to it but on the inside I am freaking out.