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Sep 21, 2008, 06:41 PM
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These are some ideas I got off of a website and a few of mine, please add your own and we can start a list to be able to help eachother.
~Doll~ Write in your Journal Listen to your favorite music Watch a sunset Color in a coloring book Play your favorite instrument Tell one person how you feel Teach a child to play a game Pop or stomp on bubble-wrap Have a water balloon fight Paint a picture Go to the pet store Take a long hot bath Go berry picking Hug someone Take a long drive Pack up some clothes for charity Go to a concert Take a leisurely walk Rent your favorite movie Take a trip to the toy store Go to a movie by yourself Call an old friend Fingerpaint, Doodle Build with blocks. Build a tower and knock it down Build with Legos Spend time with your pet Wash your car with a friend Pick dandelions Have a water-gun fight Play Hopscotch Have a snowball fight with someone Paint a Room in your house Read a book Take a vacation Take a nap Count and roll loose change Throw nerf balls, koosh balls or bean-bags at a wall (available at most toy stores) Remind Yourself "It'll be Ok" Take a deep breath, count to 10 Ask your therapist to make a tape with you that you can use during difficult times Go to a favorite "safe" location (beach, park, woods, playground, etc.) Think of advice you'd give someone else... and take it! Say something good about yourself Use Self Affirmation tapes and books... and make your own affirmations (use notebooks, index cards, tapes, post-it notes, journal) Meditate, use Relaxation Call a Hotline Have a pillow fight or punch a pillow Do gardening or housecleaning Play your favorite game as a child Spend time with a sibling Hold and/or tell your favorite stuffed animal or doll your feelings Find an ICQ, AOL or e-mail pal or join a chatroom for support Stay in touch with others through contact - don't isolate yourself Stop, Swap and Console STOP what you're doing. Calm your thoughts. Try to identify what you're feeling. Ground yourself in the now and say STOP in your mind. Visualize a stop sign. SWAP things in your mind. Think about someone you care about... "would my loved-one deserve to feel guilty in this situation?"; "Would I want a loved-one to act on this impulse?"; "Would I exercise compassion if my loved-one was feeling this way?" Now swap again. Remind yourself that YOU deserve as much patience and compassion that you believe a loved-one deserves. You ARE a loved-one to yourself... so you should treat yourself accordingly! CONSOLE yourself. Take care of YOU. Give yourself comfort. Journal if you have to. Call your therapist or someone you trust and ask for help. Address your feelings. Communicate what you're feeling... really feeling. Validate yourself. Help yourself to cope in more healthy and productive ways. Stop, Swap and Console STOP what you're doing. Calm your thoughts. Try to identify what you're feeling. Ground yourself in the now and say STOP in your mind. Visualize a stop sign. SWAP things in your mind. Think about someone you care about... "would my loved-one deserve to feel guilty in this situation?"; "Would I want a loved-one to act on this impulse?"; "Would I exercise compassion if my loved-one was feeling this way?" Now swap again. Remind yourself that YOU deserve as much patience and compassion that you believe a loved-one deserves. You ARE a loved-one to yourself... so you should treat yourself accordingly! CONSOLE yourself. Take care of YOU. Give yourself comfort. Journal if you have to. Call your therapist or someone you trust and ask for help. Address your feelings. Communicate what you're feeling... really feeling. Validate yourself. Help yourself to cope in more healthy and productive ways. |
 Apocryphal, Christine1123, multipixie9, sittingatwatersedge, turquoisesea
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Sep 21, 2008, 06:56 PM
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I love this list too... and am going to print for ALL my alters...
I really like the "SWAP".... that one will really work for me... and Manetix... I ordered a set online... it is magetic balls.. and some connectors BUT it is VERY unsafe to have around young children they have found... so.. don't have in house.. if.. little ones.... Thank You..... |
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Sep 21, 2008, 07:26 PM
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wonderful, helpful ideas. thank you
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____________________________________ "We can't talk at the same time! It doesn't work like that! I talk, you talk, I talk, you talk!!" ~ Peanut 
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Sep 22, 2008, 04:04 AM
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THIS IS AN AWESOME AND WONDERFUL LIST!!!!! I had to think hard to come up with something to add, whew, I'm glad I came up with something or I would have obsessed on it...ok not really. I'm just being competitive.
. Make a Gratitude List: anything you can be grateful for. post it where you can see it. repeat daily until you feel better and then continue. . Look on PC forum site, find someone who feels worse than you and email them a helpful answer or consoling remarks. . Volunteer somewhere, helping someone else helps you. . Give something to someone else just because you can. . Bake something and share the goodies. . Do something nice for someone else and DON'T get caught. this is really fun! I've tried all of these and can guarantee they are wonderful and really work.
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Last edited by multipixie9; Sep 22, 2008 at 04:05 AM. Reason: typo |
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Oct 19, 2008, 09:58 PM
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Quote:
you could take a walk you could sing you could play a card game you could hang out with your friends |
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Nov 24, 2008, 09:52 PM
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Pulling this back up for people.
Doll |
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Jan 01, 2009, 01:06 PM
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Bringing this back up
 Doll
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Jan 01, 2009, 08:44 PM
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The SWAP one is especially useful. I have so much guilt and it helps me deal with it. Thanks!
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-Helen Keller "Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." -Katherine Mansfield |
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Jan 27, 2009, 09:17 AM
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bringing to front.
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Jul 03, 2009, 10:35 AM
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This is to support the post some ideas for the holidays, here is a list of things to do to cope!
Hope this helps for the 4th. Doll |
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Jul 26, 2009, 05:39 PM
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pulling this up for people from last weeks chat. sorry it took me so long to do this!
Doll |
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Aug 31, 2009, 08:56 PM
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Moving this up after chat tonight!
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Jun 15, 2010, 08:15 AM
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Pulling this up to be able to help people!
Let me know if you have any questions. Doll |
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