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Self sooth kit
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Hi guys,
I was chatting with **angel** in another thread and I thought I'd share this idea from my therapy with you all as I know it could help a lot of you.
I do DBT and one of the modules is distress tolerance for which my group all had to make a 'self sooth' kit. The idea is a collection of bits and pieces that you can use to sooth yourself when you are having a crisis or needing a bit of TLC. It is good if you can think of ways to engage all five of your senses - touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing.
Mine has in it -
hot water bottle
perfume
a cross and a bible (as I am a Christian)
camomile tea
posh knitting yarn to squidge (arctic qiviut incase any knitters read this)
paint brush (as I love to paint)
ribbon
bath bomb
body lotion
lavender oil
a stone (given to me by a friend)
a candle
and a hat for Randomcat (as however shit I feel nothing cheers me up more than seeing a cat in a hat!).
Here is a link for more ideas (it says it's for people with BPD but everyone can benefit from this - even our therapists have their own ones where I go!)
http://www.my-borderline-personality-disorder.com/2012/05/make-your-own-self-soothing-kit-dbt.html
What would you put in your own self-sooth kit?
I was chatting with **angel** in another thread and I thought I'd share this idea from my therapy with you all as I know it could help a lot of you.
I do DBT and one of the modules is distress tolerance for which my group all had to make a 'self sooth' kit. The idea is a collection of bits and pieces that you can use to sooth yourself when you are having a crisis or needing a bit of TLC. It is good if you can think of ways to engage all five of your senses - touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing.
Mine has in it -
hot water bottle
perfume
a cross and a bible (as I am a Christian)
camomile tea
posh knitting yarn to squidge (arctic qiviut incase any knitters read this)
paint brush (as I love to paint)
ribbon
bath bomb
body lotion
lavender oil
a stone (given to me by a friend)
a candle
and a hat for Randomcat (as however shit I feel nothing cheers me up more than seeing a cat in a hat!).
Here is a link for more ideas (it says it's for people with BPD but everyone can benefit from this - even our therapists have their own ones where I go!)
http://www.my-borderline-personality-disorder.com/2012/05/make-your-own-self-soothing-kit-dbt.html
What would you put in your own self-sooth kit?
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valium
lush perfume - the smell of weather turning.
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It would have in it,
A small cuddly toy (maybe Octi or a bear I was given by my sister, just something I can hold)
A laughing dinosaur that sounds like a constipated sheep
Photographs
A rosary / string of prayer beads (I often chant or pray by rote to calm me down)
My granny's Bible
"Blankie"
Werther's Originals
A list of phone numbers - if my phone breaks I get very panicked and worry about the information I've lost!
He DOES NOT sound like a constipated sheep!!
If I did have a kit, I'm still debating what to put in it, but I have the perfect teddy to put in, one I've had since I was little and I use during exams for comfort!
I would also put in luxuries like body lotion and stuff in. Something that is relaxing I guess, I really can't think of anything else I could put in it.