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Image: Edmund Dulac, (from The Tempest) |
E. The Amnisades will help me with the dogs and will represent the strategies I use to de-escalate and tolerate stress.
Children of the River God Amnios (Amnios River is now called Karteros River), 20 of the nymphs were handmaidens of Artemis. "and give me for handmaidens twenty Nymphai Amnisides (Nymphs of Amnisus) who shall tend well my buskins, and, when I shoot no more at lynx or stag, shall tend my swift hounds.’" "For thee [Artemis] the Amnisiades rub down the hinds [i.e. the golden-horned deer which draw her chariot] loosed from the yoke, and from the mead of Hera they gather and carry for them to feed on much swift-springing clover, which also the horses of Zeus eat; and golden troughs they fill with water to be for the deer a pleasant draught . . .
The 20 Amnisades will be in the river with the Pleiades as part of my Yellow Zone. I'm using mostly Christine Karron artwork, however she sells coloring pages of her art and so a lot of these images are differently colored by others.
So far, my de-escalation strategies are as follows, but it may change as I learn more:
1. Mindfullness distractions - cooking, game on phone, project, funnies, sorting ...
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2. Window of Tolerance -
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3. Positive Self-talk, visualizations (waves, power pose, safe place)
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Christine Karron |
4. Music - confidence playlist
5. Forest/Trees - zoom out perspective
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6. reframe triggers/cptsd
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7. identify patterns
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Monstera Mermaid, FaerytaleWings |
8. art therapy
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Naiad, twogranniesandanaxe. |
9. Adapt stressful situations to make them work
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10. little steps, one at a time
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Fantasia 2000 |
11. sit with emotions and care for the dogs
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12. grounding techniques - 5 senses grounding, breathing, ...
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13. PAUSE (P - pause when recognise cues, A - ANTs, U - understand you are safe and reframe ANTs, S - self- soothe with sensory, E - exhale - breathing.)
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14. Visuals - I just found a bunch of stuff on Pinterest that looks like it will help me. I may need some help whittling it all down, but I think quite a bit of it will work for me - lots of rainbows, lol. I will post as I go through them.
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15. Problem Solving - lists, research
20. Sensory breaks - 8 senses, both seeking and avoiding strategies for each, with dryads:
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a) Visual - calming = read, go outside. seeking = game/video on phone.
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b) auditory - calming = humming, quiet space/outside. seeking = audiobook.
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c) taste - calming = cough candy, seeking = candy cane
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joenni |
d) smell - calming = essential oils, seeking = essential oils
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e) tactile - calming = hug, seeking = fidgets.
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f) balance - calming = tight/weighted, seeking = jumping/balancing
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joenni |
g) movement - calming = stretches, seeking = chewing, walking, wall pushes
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h) internal/emotional - calming = breathing, seeking = rev up breathing.