Find safe physical sensations remember how far you've come yell "no" ASD count to 10 ASF do something thoughtful listen to music that evokes emotion • Write in a journal sad? watch a happy movie squeeze a rubber ball surprise someone delay harmful urges for one hour find volunteer work hold ice in your hand stand in the rain compare it to something more painful donate items work on puzzles listen to loud music send someone a nice message clean your room build an imaginary wall read a book remember how resilient you are help a friend help a neighbor push it away by "leaving it" write a letter to someone play a game AS use mindfulness Do a work project or school assignment ask a friend how they're doing Think of a time when you were in more distress take a cold shower cook a meal shift your thoughts to something neutral go for a walk go to an event rent a movie Put your situation in perspective listen to a podcast put your pain on a shelf Find safe physical sensations remember how far you've come yell "no" ASD count to 10 ASF do something thoughtful listen to music that evokes emotion • Write in a journal sad? watch a happy movie squeeze a rubber ball surprise someone delay harmful urges for one hour find volunteer work hold ice in your hand stand in the rain compare it to something more painful donate items work on puzzles listen to loud music send someone a nice message clean your room build an imaginary wall read a book remember how resilient you are help a friend help a neighbor push it away by "leaving it" write a letter to someone play a game AS use mindfulness Do a work project or school assignment ask a friend how they're doing Think of a time when you were in more distress take a cold shower cook a meal shift your thoughts to something neutral go for a walk go to an event rent a movie Put your situation in perspective listen to a podcast put your pain on a shelf
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. 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.
Find safe physical sensations
remember how far you've come
yell "no"
ASD
count to 10
ASF
do something thoughtful
listen to music that evokes emotion
• Write in a journal
sad? watch a happy movie
squeeze a rubber ball
surprise someone
delay harmful urges for one hour
find volunteer work
hold ice in your hand
stand in the rain
compare it to something more painful
donate items
work on puzzles
listen to loud music
send someone a nice message
clean your room
build an imaginary wall
read a book
remember how resilient you are
help a friend
help a neighbor
push it away by "leaving it"
write a letter to someone
play a game
AS
use mindfulness
Do a work project or school assignment
ask a friend how they're doing
Think of a time when you were in more distress
take a cold shower
cook a meal
shift your thoughts to something neutral
go for a walk
go to an event
rent a movie
Put your situation in perspective
listen to a podcast
put your pain on a shelf