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Originally Posted by spikes
They didn't really teach coping strategies. I'm having trouble finding words to explain what they taught, it was more like "go swimming every day" instead of "go swimming when you're experiencing unpleasant emotions." Mine was walking. I go for a walk every day and just got back from mine. One thing they did teach me is to have someone take my meds, keys, wallet away. That would typically be my mom but she's off to work already.
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I think it's good they said something along the lines of "go swimming everyday." If you only go swimming when you're experiencing unpleasant emotions, then you will always associate swimming with feeling bad, which does you no good. The idea is to just have a routine that you do no matter what mood you're in, is what I think they were getting at. Walking is a good one.
You could always get a safe where you lock things up in. For example, a safe for your meds. Just give the safe to your mom and she will lock them up. Then you have no way of getting them unless she is home. I mean, this one is literally $13:
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