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TIPS FOR COPING

BREATHING & SENSES

 

  • 4-7-8 Breathing Breath in for a count of 4--Hold for a Count of 7- Slow, Long Exhale for a count of 8
  • 3-3-3 Breathing Look around you and name 3 things  you see; name 3 sounds you hear; move 3 parts of your body (wiggle fingers, stomp feet, bend knees) 
  • 5-4-3-2-1 Senses 5 colors you see, 4 sounds you hear, 3 textures to touch, 2 smells you smell, 1 thing you can taste


SOCIAL ANXIETY


https://www.helpguide.org/articles/anxiety/social-anxiety-disorder.htm

ACTIVITIES TO KEEP ALL AGES BUSY

LINKS TO FUN ACTIVITIES

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PRE-SCHOOL AGE

 

Calm Down Jar

https://preschoolinspirations.com/6-ways-to-make-a-calm-down-jar/


Lavender Play Dough

http://www.superhealthykids.com/calming-lavender-play-dough/


Meditation for Kids

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-18351/5-kidfriendly-yoga-poses-to-help-your-child-avoid-a-meltdown.html


Breathing Techniques 

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-24120/5-easy-breathing-techniques-to-calm-your-kid-and-relax-the-whole-family.html


MORE IDEAS

  • Blowing Bubbles
  • Calm, quiet music
  • Squeezing stuffed animals, stress balls, or modeling clay
  • Visualizing they’re on vacation

 

SCHOOL-AGE

  • Sing out loud
  • Paint it out
  • Jump rope
  • Blow bubbles
  • Take a hot bath
  • Shake a calm down jar
  • Go for a run
  • Create a vision board
  • Go for a walk
  • Squish some play dough
  • Write in a journal
  • Coloring
     

 

TEENAGERS

  • Talk it out
  • Draw
  • Write
  • Read
  • Listen to music
  • Exercise
  • Focus on the positives
  • Change up the setting- don’t stay in one room
  • Reflect on what is stressing you out

ADULTS

  • Admit that you’re anxious or angry
  • Challenge your thoughts
  • Release your anxiety or anger
  • Visualize yourself calm
  • Think it through
  • Listen to music
  • Change your focus
  • Write it down
  • Get some fresh air
  • Fuel your body- Water, food, sleep
  • Breathing techniques https://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/stress-relief-breathing-techniques#1
  • Accupressure https://www.healthline.com/health/pressure-points-for-anxiety
  • Relax your body- muscle relaxation techniques https://arthritis.org/health-

CALMING DOWN

https://gozen.com/50-calm-down-ideas-to-try-with-kids-of-all-ages/


https://www.nspt4kids.com/parenting/10-simple-calm-down-strategies-for-teens/ 


https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-calm-down

GROUNDING ACTIVITIES

What to do when you don't know what to do....

What to do when you don't know what to do....

What to do when you don't know what to do....

 Read a book

Go for a walk

Go for a Run

Walk backwards

Jump Rope

Do push-ups

Do sit-ups

Organize your sock drawer

Clean the bathroom tub

Re-organize your canned goods

Play with dirt

Skip

Eat Peanut Butter (unless you are allergic!)

Draw

Tear some paper

Play music

Chew food slowly -25 times per bite

Play with water

Re-Pot a Plant

Write the alphabet backwards

Sort the laundry

Organize CD’s

Chew ice

Bike ride

Google Comedians 

Cook

Organize the spice cupboard

Write a poem

Play with Legos

Rearrange your furniture

Color with Crayons

Wash your hair

Do your nails

Read a joke book

Do a crossword puzzle

Play a musical instrument

Pray

Stickers

Go outside and touch the grass ( snow, leaves or jump in the puddles)

Shred a piece of fabric with your hands

Try to walk with a book on your head

Match the socks

Call someone you like

What to do when you don't know what to do....

What to do when you don't know what to do....

Juggle

Clean under your bed

Be a statue

Do a difficult math problem (or review your multiplication tables)

Do Soduko

Bake cookies

Play with Play dough

Play with dry rice

 Glue a macaroni picture

Punch paper with a hole puncher

Bang a drum (or pots and pans)

Sing loudly

Yo-Yo

Paint by numbers

Do a maze

Press flowers in a big book

Pop bubble wrap

Braid Yarn

Boondoggle

Google 5 recipes you have always wanted to try

Pet your pet

Study a map

Look up the Guinness book of World Records

Smell the spices in your cupboard

Create an invention

Count the windows on your home

Count the light switches in your home

Count the electrical outlets in your home

Clean out your old clothes

Do the Rosary, or prayer beads, or worry beads

Vacuum every corner of your home

Teach your dog a new trick

Research what type of pet you would like

Read a classic book

Listen to cheesy pop music

Roll your feet over a cold can of pop/or bottle of water  (do not open!) or use a tennis ball

Brush and floss your teeth

Make a vision board

Play the alphabet game

Spell your name backwards

Draw with a blindfold on

Itemize your collections

EMDRIA - WHAT IS EMDR?

Learn more, courtesy of EMDR International Association 

https://youtu.be/Pkfln-ZtWeY   

National Suicide Prevention LifeLine

Call 1-800-273-8255 

or Text HOME to 741741

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