Practicing mindfulness or meditation Talking to a friend or family member Destructive or compulsive behaviors (e.g., breaking things) Drinking water or having a snack Listening to music Laughing or watching something funny Negative self-talk or self- criticism Drawing or coloring Isolating from others Emotional eating or skipping meals Using grounding techniques (e.g., 5-4-3- 2-1) Oversleeping to avoid problems Giving up or withdrawing from goals Ruminating or obsessing over problems Dissociation or "checking out" mentally Journaling Pacing or aimless wandering Asking for help Sarcasm or masking pain with humor Deep breathing Binge- watching to numb emotions Avoiding responsibilities Going for a walk Bottling up emotions Practicing mindfulness or meditation Talking to a friend or family member Destructive or compulsive behaviors (e.g., breaking things) Drinking water or having a snack Listening to music Laughing or watching something funny Negative self-talk or self- criticism Drawing or coloring Isolating from others Emotional eating or skipping meals Using grounding techniques (e.g., 5-4-3- 2-1) Oversleeping to avoid problems Giving up or withdrawing from goals Ruminating or obsessing over problems Dissociation or "checking out" mentally Journaling Pacing or aimless wandering Asking for help Sarcasm or masking pain with humor Deep breathing Binge- watching to numb emotions Avoiding responsibilities Going for a walk Bottling up emotions
(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.
O-Practicing mindfulness or meditation
I-Talking to a friend or family member
N-Destructive or compulsive behaviors (e.g., breaking things)
I-Drinking water or having a snack
G-Listening to music
O-Laughing or watching something funny
I-Negative self-talk or self-criticism
B-Drawing or coloring
I-Isolating from others
B-Emotional eating or skipping meals
O-Using grounding techniques (e.g., 5-4-3-2-1)
G-Oversleeping to avoid problems
I-Giving up or withdrawing from goals
O-Ruminating or obsessing over problems
G-Dissociation or "checking out" mentally
G-Journaling
N-Pacing or aimless wandering
G-Asking for help
B-Sarcasm or masking pain with humor
B-Deep breathing
B-Binge-watching to numb emotions
N-Avoiding responsibilities
O-Going for a walk
N-Bottling up emotions