Wellness Toolbox
A wellness tool that takes the mind off of negative thoughts and causes it to refocus on an enjoyable activity.
What are diversionary activities
This section of the maintenance plan has a list of descriptors that help the person to gauge if they are well, early warning stages, or what level of crisis they are currently in.
What is What I'm Like When I am Well
Learning about ways of coping, diagnosis, or something new.
What is education
Another name for triggers
What is stressors
What we say every day to help our wellness and self-esteem.
What are positive affirmations
A wellness tool that is a type of peer support where two people take turns talking and listening without giving advice, judging, criticizing or speaking while the other one is talking.
What is exchange listening
Building self-esteem, learning better coping skills, education about a diagnosis are items that go in this part of the maintenance plan
What are Things I Need to Work on
A system of family, friends, groups, and care-givers who can help.
What is support
The plan created to deal with triggers
What is a triggers action plan
Unkind things we tell ourselves about ourselves and may be shortcuts for saying unkind things to ourselves.
What are negative thoughts
A type of relaxation wellness tool that focuses on clenching specific muscle groups tightly, then releasing.
what is progressive relaxation
This is the section of the maintenance plan that requires the person to do a list of activities each day.
What is the daily maintenance plan
Believing in a positive future.
What is hope
This and creating a plan will help negative feelings and reactions to triggers.
What is practicing
What we do when we replace unkind things we say to ourselves with kind words.
What are positive thoughts
Sunlight is a wellness tool that gives off this important vitamin that is linked to wellness
What is vitamin D
This section of the maintenance plan has a list of activities such as getting extra sleep, extra time doing diversionary or relaxation activities, extra time with a counselor, or paying bills.
What is What May Need to be Done
Being accountable for one's own actions and making one's own decisions.
What is personal responsibility
If you do not learn to deal with triggers in a healthy, safe way......
What is they can make you feel worse
A low self-esteem can keep us from
What is living the life we want to live and being the person we want to be
You may need to do this as a wellness tool when dealing with a particularly bad day.
What is modify your daily life
a plan where the person chooses to make one daily plan instead of several for different days or situations.
What is a generic daily plan
taking up for what one believes and discussing with others wants and needs.
What is self-advocacy
We can use an item from this when we are experiencing a trigger.
what is Wellness toolbox
Making a list of these and accomplishing them can build self-esteem.
What are small goals