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