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OnThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW, shares the “Friday Fix”—a short episode featuring a quick, actionable tip or exercise to help you manage a specific mental health issue or concern.
There’s a lot of information out there about how to calm yourself when you experience a distressing emotion. Most of those strategies involve thinkingpositive thoughtsor doing something productive. While those can be helpful skills, sometimes you may need to tackle the problem from a different angle.
When your nervous system is activated and you feel complete panic, thinking calming thoughts might not cut it. Or, when youfeel so angryyou can’t think clearly, you won’t be able to have a productive problem-solving conversation.
Sometimes, it’s helpful to calm your nervous system first. Changing your body’s physiology can calm both your brain and your body.
That’s where TIPP comes in. It’s an acronym that stands for “temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, andprogressive muscle relaxation. Those four strategies can calm your distress and prevent you from taking action that isn’t helpful.
TIPP is a strategy that is most commonly taught as part ofDBT. DBT skills groups teach a variety of strategies for managing emotions in a healthy way and reducing conflict in relationships. And while it’s most often used to treat people who have been diagnosed withborderline personality disorder, many other people can benefit from DBT.
In this episode of The Verywell Mind Podcast, I share how to use TIPP, when it’s helpful, and how it can get you through an emotional crisis.
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