Distress Tolerance

Lesson 5 of 9

TIPP: find your fastest reset

About 6 min

The goal

Try each part of TIPP and find what works for your body.

Do it step by step

  1. 1

    Temperature: use a cool pack wrapped in cloth or cool water for 30 seconds — never painfully cold.

  2. 2

    Intense exercise: 60 seconds of jumping, running on the spot or wall push-ups.

  3. 3

    Paced breathing: breathe out longer than in (in 4, out 6) for one minute.

  4. 4

    Paired muscle relaxation: tense then release fists, shoulders, feet.

  5. 5

    Rate each one 1–5 for how calming it felt.

For parents

Ask a healthcare professional first if your teen has a heart or medical condition, a low resting heart rate, takes heart-rate-lowering medicine, has an eating disorder, or reacts badly to cold.

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