Distress tolerance skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) help you survive psychiatry crisis without making things worse.
TIPP Skills for Acute Psychiatry
Temperature: Cold water on face activates the dive reflex, rapidly reducing psychiatry intensity
Intense exercise: 20 minutes of vigorous exercise discharges psychiatry physiological activation
Paced breathing: Slow the breath (especially exhale) to activate parasympathetic system
Progressive muscle relaxation: Systematic tension-release reduces psychiatry physical symptoms
ACCEPTS Skills for Riding Out Psychiatry
Activities that engage attention away from psychiatry Contributing to others shifts focus from psychiatry Comparisons that provide perspective on psychiatry Emotions opposite to psychiatry — deliberately generated Pushing away psychiatry temporarily when you can't act on it now Thoughts that replace psychiatry rumination Sensations that provide strong alternative input
When Distress Tolerance Is the Right Skill for Psychiatry
Use distress tolerance when psychiatry is intense but the situation can't change right now. The goal is surviving without making things worse — not solving psychiatry.