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STOP
Use this skill when you are fully in your Emotion Mind to stop yourself from reacting impulsively to a distressful situation.
S - Stop: When distress is high, don’t react. Just freeze!
T - Take a step back: Remove yourself from the situation. Take 15-30 seconds to focus on your breathing and slow down your heart rate.
O - Observe the situation: Take in what’s going on around you and in your body. Remember to stick to the facts.
P - Proceed Mindfully: What’s your goal in this situation? Consider your thoughts and feelings, and those of others.
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I'm practicing intense emotions, here's breaking down in tears.
I looked at my cat sleeping on my pillow, laid my head right next to his looking straight at his catnapping state and cried.
He isn’t sick or something worrying, i just looked at him. Sleeping soundly, his little belly rising and falling with each breath, at peace - a contrast to his usual hopping around like he’s a toddler on sugar rush.
And i thought to myself.. wow, this little creature, this tiny little thing i once picked up from my friend, trusts me. It trusts me enough to sleep on my pillows - chooses to sleep on my pillows. It feels safe with me, it feels good with me… !!!
I think thats funny, something most would disregard with a hollow “its nothing” brought me to tears, humans are funny, existence is odd, being is unique.
The ocean is alive.
I realised that when i saw it breathing, i felt horribly bad at the beach today.. yet as i sat there looking at the furious waves, focusing on them with my heart behind my eyes, i saw it breathing.
I saw it rise and fall and retract and expand, i saw the foam i saw it dissolve, i heard it inhale i heard it sigh, all in its own way, each of these i witnessed the ocean do in its own unique way.
There was loud music and gossipy people, yet when i looked into the endless blue i didn’t hear anything else whatsoever,
I don’t think theres really a way to describe it, but the sea is alive, i have no way of proving it, you can only love it enough it opens up to you, too.
🫧🐠🪸🐙🪸🦑🪼🫧🦈🌊🏖️🐚🩴🦀☀️🕶️🧴👒