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