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DIY Mental Health

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this week’s focus is mindfulness. it’s the foundation for a lot of other skills and helps you slow down and notice what’s happening before you react. This first time around I'm going to go through the whole module before moving on to distress tolerance, but after that I'll only repeat it for a week between each of the other modules.

Just to introduce the concept; if sitting still or being in your head is hard, try one of these short videos:

optional check-in:

  • something you tried this week

  • a pattern or connection you noticed

  • any resource that helped

no pressure to share. take what’s useful.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i've heard some people talk about how mindfulness can be a very stressful or triggering thing to get into, so usually i start by teaching folks distress tolerance / breathing skills. not meant as a critique, but figured i'd just add it here as additional information

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

very true I have a similar mention somewhere in the wiki