Get through a crisis safely
Explore STOP, TIP skills, self-soothing and improving the moment as different approaches.
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Guiding idea
Start here if acute stress is the primary necessity and change-oriented work is temporarily contraindicated.
Decision aid
Four skills for the moment of crisis: STOP interrupts the automatic impulse, TIP skills regulate extreme tension directly through the body, Self-Soothing lowers arousal through kind sensory and bodily input, Improving the Moment makes a situation that cannot be solved right away more bearable inside. The shared space is acute stabilization, but each skill works through a different channel.
One possible starting point
Self-Soothing
Better to start here when your system first needs kind sensory calming before other skills become reachable.
Also in: Mindfulness · Emotion Regulation
Other options
Improving the Moment
Better to start here when the moment cannot be solved right away but has to be carried differently inside.
Also in: Mindfulness · Emotion Regulation
STOP Skill
Better to start here when an impulse or moment of escalation has to be stopped at once, before it carries you further.
Also in: Emotion Regulation · Interpersonal Effectiveness
TIP Skills
Better to start here when extreme tension has to be brought down quickly through the body.
Also in: Emotion Regulation