Regulating your emotions

Ideas of opposite actions

Feeling lonely?

Ideas of opposite actions

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Call or write to a relative or friend
Talk to your pet
Try a movie
Being in a room with people, it can be fun
Appeler ou écrire un·e proche ou des ami·es
Go out for a walk
Seeing people without necessarily talking to them
Appeler ou écrire un·e proche ou des ami·es
Go shopping
Maybe chat with people at the supermarket

Feeling sad?

Ideas of opposite actions

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Eat something that makes you happy
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Do something that makes you feel good
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Watch your favourite movie
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Listen to music that makes you dance
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Watch a funny video
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Try to spend some time with your friends or family
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Have a mini party
(sleepovers, Netflix)

Feeling worried?

Ideas of opposite actions

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Do something you are good at
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Distract your brain
Recite the alphabet backwards or list the ingredients of your favourite recipe
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Take time to breathe
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Try a yoga pose
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Ground yourself in the present
Name all the objects of the same colour that you can spot
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Name 5 things you see
One for each sense

Feeling demotivated by classes?

Ideas of opposite actions

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Take an exercise break
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Take a walking break
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Take a cooking break
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Set rest days
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Tidy up

Feeling angry?

Ideas of opposite actions

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Connect to something you find beautiful
By taking a picture, looking at a landscape
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Talk softly
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Take a shower
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Dance to music you like
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Write down what makes you angry
without necessarily sharing it
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Go out to see other things
an exhibition, listen to bird sounds, smell the flowers etc.