Coping Mechansims

I believe that eating disorders are really just really dangerous coping mechansims. In treatment I made a list of healthy coping mechanisms to use instead.

• journal
• meditate
• take a walk outside
• yoga
• call a friend
• talk to family
• listen to music
• play with a kid
• play with a dog (go volunteer at a shelter if you have to!)
• deep breathing
• punch a pillow
• take a bubble bath
• lay outside and watch the sky
• pray
• read a non triggering book
• craft
• write a letter (to myself, to my ed, or to a friend)
• knit
• clean
• make care package for someone
• do nails
• dye your hair

Let me know if you have any more suggestions!