Isolating from others resentment building quietly hyper- focusing on a hobby to numb out Negative self-talk Kept everything inside My body notices stress before my mind Overthinking situations Tight shoulders feeling like "no one gets it," cancelling plans last- minute avoiding phone calls/texts feeling numb/flat skipping meetings/appointments Deep breathing skipping self-care basics Grounding (5-4-3-2- 1) Bottling up emotions skipping meals or bingeing "I deserve this" thinking stopping exercise/movement avoiding eye contact Ignored my stress signals Stomach discomfort Racing heart Taking a walk Didn't ask for help Freeze response Skipped self- care Calling a support person Trouble sleeping snapping at small inconveniences boredom feeling unbearable Flight response Fight response Isolating from friends Catastrophizing romantic/relationship conflict spikes All-or- nothing thinking Becoming irritable minimizing problems to others sleeping too little over- planning to feel in control increased caffeine/nicotine use Racing thoughts Shallow breathing obsessive cleaning or organizing spending beyond budget doom- scrolling letting hygiene slip romanticizing past use checking out during conversations Journaling Waited until I felt overwhelmed urges to isolate "just for today." sleeping too much Difficulty concentrating Feeling emotionally numb nostalgia for old using friends irritability with loved ones Small regulation breaks help Isolating from others resentment building quietly hyper- focusing on a hobby to numb out Negative self-talk Kept everything inside My body notices stress before my mind Overthinking situations Tight shoulders feeling like "no one gets it," cancelling plans last- minute avoiding phone calls/texts feeling numb/flat skipping meetings/appointments Deep breathing skipping self-care basics Grounding (5-4-3-2- 1) Bottling up emotions skipping meals or bingeing "I deserve this" thinking stopping exercise/movement avoiding eye contact Ignored my stress signals Stomach discomfort Racing heart Taking a walk Didn't ask for help Freeze response Skipped self- care Calling a support person Trouble sleeping snapping at small inconveniences boredom feeling unbearable Flight response Fight response Isolating from friends Catastrophizing romantic/relationship conflict spikes All-or- nothing thinking Becoming irritable minimizing problems to others sleeping too little over- planning to feel in control increased caffeine/nicotine use Racing thoughts Shallow breathing obsessive cleaning or organizing spending beyond budget doom- scrolling letting hygiene slip romanticizing past use checking out during conversations Journaling Waited until I felt overwhelmed urges to isolate "just for today." sleeping too much Difficulty concentrating Feeling emotionally numb nostalgia for old using friends irritability with loved ones Small regulation breaks help
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
B-Isolating from others
N-resentment building quietly
I-hyper-focusing on a hobby to numb out
N-Negative self-talk
O-Kept everything inside
G-My body notices stress before my mind
G-Overthinking situations
I-Tight shoulders
I-feeling like "no one gets it,"
G-cancelling plans last-minute
I-avoiding phone calls/texts
O-feeling numb/flat
O-skipping meetings/appointments
B-Deep breathing
G-skipping self-care basics
I-Grounding (5-4-3-2-1)
I-Bottling up emotions
I-skipping meals or bingeing
G-"I deserve this" thinking
O-stopping exercise/movement
N-avoiding eye contact
B-Ignored my stress signals
O-Stomach discomfort
B-Racing heart
N-Taking a walk
G-Didn't ask for help
N-Freeze response
N-Skipped self-care
O-Calling a support person
G-Trouble sleeping
G-snapping at small inconveniences
I-boredom feeling unbearable
I-Flight response
B-Fight response
B-Isolating from friends
I-Catastrophizing
B-romantic/relationship conflict spikes
O-All-or-nothing thinking
N-Becoming irritable
N-minimizing problems to others
G-sleeping too little
B-over-planning to feel in control
G-increased caffeine/nicotine use
B-Racing thoughts
N-Shallow breathing
O-obsessive cleaning or organizing
I-spending beyond budget
B-doom-scrolling
B-letting hygiene slip
N-romanticizing past use
O-checking out during conversations
G-Journaling
I-Waited until I felt overwhelmed
B-urges to isolate "just for today."
N-sleeping too much
G-Difficulty concentrating
O-Feeling emotionally numb
B-nostalgia for old using friends
O-irritability with loved ones
O-Small regulation breaks help