WHEN YOU'RE FEELING OVERWHELMED This is a list of suggestions on things to try when you are feeling overwhelmed. Breathe! Long, slow breaths. Identify what's wrong if possible, and/or what past stuff triggered it ('trigger tracking'). Go to a safe place in your mind. Identify what you're feeling; use a list of feelings (there are some on the Web if you don't already have one) if necessary. Journal. Play a game or word game. Listen to music--cheerful or depressing, whatever fits. Take a bubble bath. Take your time in it. Read. Release anger--scream, stomp, sing loudly to angry music, journal, scream, write a letter you'll never send, do an anger-releasing ritual/prayer, etc... Do artwork (collages included). Call or email someone. Don't be afraid to! Get and hold a stuffed animal. Curl up under a blanket with a hot beverage and a good book. Make yourself calming tea or hot chocolate. Do or buy something nice for yourself. Flowers, a stuffed animal, whatever! Watch a movie--a comedy to cheer you up, or a sad one to make you cry. Take a long walk. Start naming things about the present--this can be really simple, like "I am sitting on a green chair. It is sunny out. It is Wednesday." Hold onto something, such as a rock. Cook something to nurture yourself. Hide under the covers or in a closet. Take time out to play. Add your own suggestions to this list by emailing me.   Copyright © 2002-2008 SkysVision.com • All Rights Reserved