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Distract At Home
Distractions help in a crisis. They give you a break from stressful thoughts and feelings. Distractions help you get back to Wise Mind.
Make a plan to use the Distract skill. You can use this plan when you are in emotion mind.
For one week, you will have Distract homework. There will be two parts.
1. Choose a Distract skill and do it when you feel some distress.
2. Rate your distress before you use Distract. Rate your distress after you use Distract.
Fill out the questions for each day below. Remember to update the group about your skill use!
DAY 1 Date:__________________
Distress level before using distract: _________________
What did you do to distract? ___________________________________________________
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Distress level after using distract: _________________
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