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