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