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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
