) if BUS is down for them, stop panicking after I find it's just my computer/it's down.
journal
draw
sleep
count to w/e it takes
call a friend
ride
get on other internet things (like games) assuming that the problem is not my computer or my internet
think of somethign that makes me relaxed or happy
exercize...play soccer...be active
Kaylee
journalling or write the post I'd post on bus in word to post later or to delete if the need isn't there sleep watch TV call friends browse the net for distractions paint, draw, write
Occupy my hands on something (folding papers, drawing, holding on fabrics or pencil) Talk with someone ASAP (About anything) Write my feelings down, specially the bad ones, "get them out of my system". Watch bob's burgers Listen to Brave by Sara Bereilles.
Call me Sharky 
Place: we must grow up, not perfect but up
Pay enormous attention to how everything I'm doing feels and affects my emotions, thoughts, and intensity of flashbacks; adjust as needed and stop anything that’s making it worse to move onto something else Take anxiety meds Journal with my muse/imaginary friend Shut myself in back 'safe' room Optional: robe, heater, heating pad, electric blanket, fluffy pillow, or open windows if fresh air feels good If it’s sunny and warm, hoopwalk around favorite nearby greenway looping a lake is an option If it’s open, local free art museum and sculpture garden or one of the other cheap or free art museums Punching bag my calm and soothing ‘It's easier to think about Dolphins than to NOT think about rhinoceroses’ playlist; or some custom white noise selections I made of favorite ambient sounds Reading Diana Wynne Jones, Terry Pratchett, or Tad Williams’s ‘Otherland’ series reading some other e-book I have waiting to be read, paying attention to what increases stress and steering clear Reading what I call my ‘Sennsucht’ wish-fulfillment stories or writing new ones Ukulele
Playing ‘The Beautiful Dream’ or ‘Lunar Flowers’ on my iPhone, these gorgeous free games evoke a peaceful feeling I like to think is similar to zen gardeners raking their gravel into patterns, or some other hypnotic repetitive soothing act
Scream or cry into pillow
cutting out shapes from cardstock using templates to make 3D shapes for collages
cleaning something really well make gummy candy downloading, sorting, editing pictures from camera What do I feel? How can I make it easier? What do I wish? How can I give myself my wishes in fantasy? What has worked before, even in the distant past?
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