Below are activities to practice after REPROCESSING
Tips, tricks, and distractions post REPROCESSING include:
1. Drink lots of water.
1. Drink lots of water.
2. Avoid alcohol and caffeine, if large amounts of alcohol and caffeine are part of your daily routine, just try decreasing them for the next 24 hours
3. Get to bed at a reasonable time.
4. Feeling extra emotional? Put on your favorite record, take a minute to breathe deeply, watch a movie, take a bath. Do something that you enjoy and find relaxing.
5. Try a 5 senses mindfulness activity. Drink a really cold glass of water and feel it go down your throat.
6. Do a grounding exercise or Butterfly Hug
3. Get to bed at a reasonable time.
4. Feeling extra emotional? Put on your favorite record, take a minute to breathe deeply, watch a movie, take a bath. Do something that you enjoy and find relaxing.
5. Try a 5 senses mindfulness activity. Drink a really cold glass of water and feel it go down your throat.
6. Do a grounding exercise or Butterfly Hug
7. Try yoga or stretching: I recommend Yoga with Adrienne-try this one that is specific to trauma recovery.
8. If you are sleepy, take a nap (no more than 90 minutes)
9. I’m Aware: For this exercise, pick a color and look around wherever you are, then say out loud all the things you see that are that color. The out loud part is key. You are able to have many thoughts at once in your mind, saying it out loud brings focus and truer attention to what you are doing and is more mentally grounding.
This information has been adapted from this article about Self Care Series: Self Care Post EMDR