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Distress Tolerance skills are used to help us cope and survive during a crisis, and helps us tolerate short term or long term pain (physical or emotional). Tolerating distress includes a mindfulness of breath and mindful awareness of situations and ourselves. They use our 5 senses and movement to reduce distress and calm negative emotions. Click on one of the senses below for ideas.
Distress Tolerance skills are used to help us cope and survive during a crisis, and helps us tolerate short term or long term pain (physical or emotional). Tolerating distress includes a mindfulness of breath and mindful awareness of situations and ourselves. They use our 5 senses and movement to reduce distress and calm negative emotions. Click on one of the senses below for ideas.
What are Self Soothing Skills?
Choose a sense to discover some self-soothing exercises
Choose a sense to discover some self-soothing exercises
TASTE
TOUCH
SMELL
SIGHT
HEARING
MOVEMENT
You’re at your emotional breaking point. Maybe the worst has happened, or maybe it was just the “last straw”. The DBT distress tolerance skill you need is TIPP. This skill is designed to bring you down from the metaphorical (hopefully not literal) ledge.
You’re at your emotional breaking point. Maybe the worst has happened, or maybe it was just the “last straw”. The DBT distress tolerance skill you need is TIPP. This skill is designed to bring you down from the metaphorical (hopefully not literal) ledge.
TIPP stands for Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, and Paired muscle relaxation.
TIPP stands for Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, and Paired muscle relaxation.
TIPP Skills
TIPP Skills
It is important that you seek further support should you be feeling overwhelmed and at breaking point. Please seek support through either the school counsellor or through the support services on this page.
Learn the relationship between body sensations and emotion regulation, a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skill and key component of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Whether it's a tightness in your throat or chest, butterflies in your stomach, or some other physical sensation, we can regulate our emotions through how we respond to these sensations in our bodies.
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