This is a series of four skills or techniques that together can be remembered with the acronym TIP. They each help to change the emotional state through very physical or behavioral means because as you may have noticed if you’ve ever been in a state of heightened emotion, bringing in the cognitive skill (thinking) is extremely hard to do if not impossible.
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Imagine a surfer on the waves. She waits patiently for the swell, she paddles out to meet it and then she rides the wave, after which she returns to waiting for the next wave. This is the image you might use when thinking about and using Urge Surfing.
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This month, I urge you to try the skill of “Self Soothe”. It is both a distress tolerance skill as well as a general stress relieving skill and an important part of your daily routine--not just something you do on special occasions.
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