document updated 7 years ago, on Jun 6, 2016

Tools that I have found to be particularly useful for me:

self-compassion
guilt vs shame [2] Shame is "I am bad." Guilt is "I did something bad."
mindfulness pay attention to the present, non-judgementally
- art therapy
grounding choose an object, and describe it with your five senses: feel, sight, sound, smell, and taste
- lemon, Altoids, jalapeños
- pick up an object and describe how it was manufactured
- TIPP
- list things in a category, starting with A, B, C, ...
distress tolerance
- ride the wave
- "this too shall pass"
self-care, SEEDS
thought challenging
- behavior chain