Be Good to Yourself

Trust yourselfTrust yourself

You know what you want and needYou know what you want and need

Put yourself firstPut yourself first

You can't be anything for anybody elseYou can't be anything for anybody elseunless you take care of yourselfunless you take care of yourself

Let your feelings be knownLet your feelings be known

They are importantThey are important

Express your opinionsExpress your opinions

It's good to hear yourself talkIt's good to hear yourself talk

Value your thinkingValue your thinking

You do it wellYou do it well

Take the time and space you Take the time and space you needneed

Even if other people are Even if other people are wanting something from youwanting something from you

When you need somethingWhen you need somethingdon't talk yourself out of itdon't talk yourself out of it

Even if you can't have it, it's ok to needEven if you can't have it, it's ok to need

When you are When you are scaredscared

let someone knowlet someone know

Isolating yourself Isolating yourself when you're scared when you're scared

makes it worsemakes it worse

When you feel like When you feel like running awayrunning away

let yourself feel the let yourself feel the scarescare

Think about what you Think about what you fear will happen and fear will happen and

decide what you need decide what you need to doto do

When you're angry, let yourself feel the When you're angry, let yourself feel the angeranger

Decide what you want to doDecide what you want to do

Just feel it, express it, or take some actionJust feel it, express it, or take some action

When you're sadWhen you're sad

think about what would be comfortingthink about what would be comforting

When you're hurt, tell the person who hurt When you're hurt, tell the person who hurt youyou

Keeping it inside makes it growKeeping it inside makes it grow

When you have work to do and you don't want to do it

Decide what really needs to be done and what can wait

When you want When you want something from something from someone else, someone else,

ask ask

You'll be okay if You'll be okay if they say no, they say no,

Asking is being Asking is being true to yourselftrue to yourself

When you need help, When you need help, askask

Trust people to say no Trust people to say no if they don't want to if they don't want to

givegive

When people turn you downWhen people turn you down

It usually has to do with them, and not with It usually has to do with them, and not with youyou

Ask someone else for what you needAsk someone else for what you need

When you feel alone, know there are people who want to be with you. Fantasize what it

would be like to be with each of them. Decide if you want to make that happen

When you feel anxious, let yourself know When you feel anxious, let yourself know that in your headthat in your head

You've moved into the future to something You've moved into the future to something scaryscary

And your body has gotten up the energy for And your body has gotten up the energy for itit

Come back to the presentCome back to the present

When you want to say something loving to When you want to say something loving to someone, someone, go aheadgo ahead

Expressing your feeling is not a Expressing your feeling is not a commitmentcommitment

When someone When someone yells at you, yells at you, physically support physically support yourselfyourself

By relaxing into By relaxing into your chair or your chair or putting your feet putting your feet firmly on the floor.firmly on the floor.

Remember to Remember to breathe.breathe.

Think about the Think about the message they are message they are trying to get across trying to get across to you.to you.

When you're harassing yourself, stop.When you're harassing yourself, stop.You do it when you need something.You do it when you need something.Figure out what you need and get it.Figure out what you need and get it.

When everything seems wrong, You are When everything seems wrong, You are overwhelmed and need some comforting.overwhelmed and need some comforting.

Ask for it.Ask for it.

Afterwards, you can Afterwards, you can think about what you think about what you need to do.need to do.

When you want to talk to someone new and When you want to talk to someone new and are scared, breathe.are scared, breathe.

Don't start rehearsing, just plunge in. If it Don't start rehearsing, just plunge in. If it doesn't go well, you can stop.doesn't go well, you can stop.

If you're doing something you don't like to If you're doing something you don't like to do, Stop.do, Stop.

Think about what you really want.Think about what you really want.

If you're stuck and can't think clearlyIf you're stuck and can't think clearly

talk out loud to someone.talk out loud to someone.

When you can't think straight, Stop When you can't think straight, Stop thinking. thinking.

FeelFeel

When you're in need of love, reach out.When you're in need of love, reach out.

There are people who love youThere are people who love you

When you're confused, it's usually because you think you When you're confused, it's usually because you think you should Do one thing and you want to do another.should Do one thing and you want to do another.

Dialogue with yourself or present both sides to a friend.Dialogue with yourself or present both sides to a friend.

When you feel harried, slow down.When you feel harried, slow down.

Deliberately slow your breathing, your Deliberately slow your breathing, your speech, and your movements.speech, and your movements.

When you have tears, cry.When you have tears, cry.

When you feel like crying and it's not a safe When you feel like crying and it's not a safe place to cry, Acknowledge your pain and place to cry, Acknowledge your pain and

promise yourself a good cry later.promise yourself a good cry later.

Keep your promise.Keep your promise.

When everything seems gray, look for color.When everything seems gray, look for color.

If one of these rules seems wrong for you, If one of these rules seems wrong for you, talk about it with someone.talk about it with someone.

Then, rewrite it Then, rewrite it so it fits you.so it fits you.

Remember, Be Good To Yourself ! Remember, Be Good To Yourself !

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