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