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