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Strategies to Help Me Calm Down

December 2019 | Adult Down Syndrome Center - Visual

Strategies to Help Me Calm Down 

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If I feel stressed or anxious, I can...

Calm my breathing

  1. Pretend to smell a flower to inhale

  2. Pretend to blow out a candle to exhale

Calm my thoughts

  1. Squeeze hands

  2. Count to ten

Calm my muscles

  1. Be stiff like a statue

  2. Be loose like an inflatable man

 

See Things I Can Do to Help Me Calm Down for ideas of activities you can do when you feel stressed or anxious. 

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