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Mindfulness of Walking

Mindfulness of walking can be a useful exercise to try if you are experiencing difficulties connecting with your present moment experience. This article takes you through this mindfulness exercise.

Practicing Mindfulness of Your Environment

Practicing mindfulness of environment can be an excellent exercise for getting in touch with rewarding aspects of your present-moment environment, as well as helping you take a step back from unpleasant and uncomfortable thoughts and feelings.

Practicing Mindfulness of Your Emotions

Mindfulness can be a very important skill to learn if you have PTSD. Practicing mindfulness of emotions in particular may be quite beneficial if you struggle with intense and unpleasant emotions. An exercise for promoting mindfulness of emotions is presented here.

How To Improve Your Self-Esteem Through Self-Supportive Statements

Learn how to improve your self-esteem by catching and challenging negative self-focused thoughts and using self-supportive statements.

How To Take a Time Out from Anger

Coping with anger can be a very important skill to have, especially is you have PTSD. People with PTSD may have higher levels of anger and, as a result, are more likely to have arguments or conflicts with others. Learn how to better manage your anger through the use of "time-outs."

Practicing Mindfulness of Physical Sensations

Practicing mindfulness of physical sensations can be an excellent exercise for getting in touch with your present moment experience, as well as practicing the mindfulness skill of non-judgmental observation as it applies to your own body.

How To Practice Mindfulness of Sounds

Practicing mindfulness of sounds can be an excellent exercise for getting in touch with the present moment, as well as practicing and improving the mindfulness skill of non-judgmental observation.

How To Use Journaling to Cope with PTSD

Using journaling to cope with and express your feelings and thoughts (or expressive writing) can be a healthy way of coping with your PTSD. Learn how to cope with your PTSD through writing.

How To Use Relaxation to Cope with Stress: Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Using relaxation, especially progressive muscle relaxation, can be a very effective way of reducing stress and anxiety. Learn how to do progressive muscle relaxation here.

How To Reduce Stress by Deep Breathing

Deep breathing can be an important coping skill to learn. It may sound silly, but many people do not breathe properly. Learning to breathe properly can do a lot to protect you from stress and anxiety.

How To Do a Chain Analysis to Change Problem Behaviors

Learn how to do a chain analysis to change problem behaviors.

How To Be Mindful of Thoughts

Learn how to be more mindful of your thoughts through this simple exercise.

How To Be More Active in Your Life!

When people feel down, they may be less likely to do the things they enjoy in life or lose track of their goals, and therefore, it is important to learn how to be more active. Behavioral activation is a simple way of getting back in touch with those things you find enjoyable and pleasurable.

How To Practice Being Mindful: A Quick and Easy Exercise for Using Mindfulness for PTSD

Mindfulness for PTSD may be an excellent way of coping with stress and anxiety. Here you can learn about a mindfulness exercise that is quick and can be done anywhere by anyone.

How To Be Effective in Changing Your Behavior

People with PTSD may develop behaviors that appear useful but in the long-run are actually harmful or detrimental to the person's well-being, and therefore, it is important to learn skills focused on changing your behavior. So, how do you identify whether a behavior you are engaging in is good or bad? You can determine this by evaluating the short- and long-term pros and cons of a behavior.

How To Use Self-Monitoring for PTSD

Using self-monitoring for PTSD can be an important skill. It can increase your awareness of situations that bring about unpleasant and upsetting thoughts and feelings such as anxiety. The first step in addressing these thoughts and feelings is being aware of what situations bring them up. Self-monitoring can help with that.

How To Monitor Your Emotions and Increase Emotional Awareness

Learn how to monitor your emotions in order to increase your emotional awareness and determine what coping skills are working best for you.