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We can find helpful and less helpful ways to



                                        turn these chemicals on:




                          Helpful                                                      Unhelpful

                        ▪ Starting a new interest / club                             ▪ Trying to win in in a way that isn’t great for others

                        ▪ Knowing what you want to get good at                       ▪ Taking other people’s stuff
                        ▪ Planning a goal (make it specific) e.g. to be  ▪ Forcing others to do what you want
                           able to get to grade in karate or do a                    ▪ Doing things that are unsafe or risky but give a

                           specific number of keepie uppies.                            sense of power, control and success.

                        ▪ Finding ways to make new connections e.g.
                           joining a sports, music or interest club                  ▪ Being in a ‘gang’ that gets involved in things that
                        ▪ Inviting someone you like to do something                     aren’t good for others

                           you enjoy.                                                ▪ Joining in with teasing or bullying against someone
                        ▪ Keeping in touch with old friends                             else

                        ▪ Entering a competition                                     ▪ Trying to win against someone in a way which
                        ▪ Auditioning for a part                                        makes them feel bad

                        ▪ Asking for a special job within the home /                 ▪ Boasting about being better than others
                           school                                                    ▪ Putting others down

                        ▪ Helping at a club for younger children                     ▪ Anything which helps a person feel like the top dog



                        ▪ Joining a sports or dance club                             ▪ Doing things that are fun but unsafe or risky
                        ▪ Going for a run                                            ▪ Exercising so much it causes damage to the body

                        ▪ Joining a drumming group or band                           ▪ Self-harm
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