Scarily VAST list of coping strategies

Luscious Peanut · Post by **Luscious Peanut** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:33 am

I teach kids (middle and high school -not little babies here- big 250 pounders) classified as 'Emotionally Disturbed.' Like, legally, they're emotionally disturbed. The thing that works every time, EVERY TIME, to keep them at peace with themselves and each other is clay... if I can weave it into a lesson. You can be gentle with it or forceful. It complies. It's malleable, if you hate it you can throw it against the wall, squash it and start over, squash it and spray it with water and use it to make something cool later, make something funky and expressive. Get some clay you can bake in the oven. Keep a bowl of water by you to keep it moist for when it wants to crack. Get your hands dirty. Get your hands dirty up to your elbows. It helps me a lot too.
-Lucy Pea

lucky_lenny · Post by **lucky_lenny** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:52 am

Wow... I've used this list before, but not for disconnection.

It worked

Katylee · Post by **Katylee** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:17 am

Here's something I just did:

Take strips of paper, write down all of the compliments you can remember recieving, and make a paper chain. It reminds you of how people *really* think of you, and makes your room pretty.

Joseph · Post by **Joseph** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:42 am

Very good list

Post by **Spidey** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:11 pm

I did this one: Put on some psycho loud classical music, or even John Williams or marching music. Pretend you're a crazy conductor.

I put on Tetsuya Komuro.

At the end I was crying from laughing so damn hard.

xXelmoscaresmeXx · Post by **xXelmoscaresmeXx** » Fri May 22, 2009 10:56 pm

I came here urgey and now I don't even know why I was...I didn't even try any of 'em. Just read this list...wow...it's such a list...just...

Zangetsu · Post by **Zangetsu** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:46 am

i have to admit before i start i havent read the whole list (short attention span) but i now have it bookmarked on my computer for when im urgy.
Thanks for getting together this list. i can nolonger use having no coping methods as an excuse. i have a feeling this is really going to help, Thank you =]

sinfalcon · Post by **sinfalcon** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:53 am

Whoa... That is scarily vast.

I have one to add. Sometimes it helps me if I stomp up and down stairs for a while, and I mean really stomp. I imagine that I'm stomping on whatever's causing me to feel that way, and it makes me feel a lot better.

GibsonGirl94 · Post by **GibsonGirl94** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:07 am

Thanks for the list! A lot of new ideas there!

p.s. I'm new here

Post by **Spidey** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:15 am

GibsonGirl94 wrote:Thanks for the list! A lot of new ideas there!

p.s. I'm new here

Welcome to BUS! Have a welcome

! It's tradition

GibsonGirl94 · Post by **GibsonGirl94** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:55 am

Electric Prophet wrote:
GibsonGirl94 wrote:Thanks for the list! A lot of new ideas there!

p.s. I'm new here
Welcome to BUS! Have a welcome ! It's tradition

Thank you!

Annybelly · Post by **Annybelly** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:00 pm

wowza

thankyouverymuchly
methinks that i can get thro tonight now. there are other alternitives

thanks, thats transformed my mood, mindst etc completely.

Annybelly · Post by **Annybelly** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:13 pm

*does a little dance*
I got through last night, and quite a bit of that is due to the longgg list

Three cheers for the long list, if nothing else it reminds us that we can find other ways to cope, and we don't HAVE to hurt ourselves

Lucky071307 · Post by **Lucky071307** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:39 pm

Wow! That is an amazing list!!! Just seeing how many ways to cope there are is helping me haha

pirateduck · Post by **pirateduck** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:37 pm

I've always been a fan of running to help me. I like it because I can do it anywhere. I can do it alone. I can do it with people. I can run fast to just exhaust myself. I can run slow and long to meditate while I do it.
And, always, it helps get rid of the urgey energy.

fasterfastest · Post by **fasterfastest** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:37 pm

This list is amazing! Thank you all for contributing and thank you for putting it together. It's wonderful to see all of these in one place. It's kind of mind blowing to realize how many alternatives I have, especially at a time when it seems to be the only thing worth doing.

knocking · Post by **knocking** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 12:14 pm

AMAZING list

Lots that I have never even heard of (or thought of).
Thanks !!

Descent · Post by **Descent** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:04 pm

Thank you so much. <3
This gives me hope.

strider 151 · Post by **strider 151** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:32 am

i used to use this, and then i found it again. was very trigged, but by the time i reached the bottom of the list, i felt better and the trig has lost its grip on me. thankyou

jadestarwalking · Post by **jadestarwalking** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:59 am

I told my T about this list and I printed it out for her and now she uses it. She also has recommended the board to some of her clients. I love this list, I keep a copy on my computer, a printed out copy in my planner, and one in my overnight bag so I always have access to it even when I don't have access to bus.

Thanks so much, you have really helped me.

-Jade

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