Turning Them Into Cures…

Some feelings tools don’t work very well like:
1. Bottling things up: I feel like I`m going to explode! It`s hard to do and it makes things worse.
2. Getting angry: some thing like shouting at my brother. Being angry feels good at the time but afterwards you feel upset.

Making things worse is easy, so…
• If some one is getting on your nerves just walk away from them.
You will probably want to go to sit down or find some one else to play with
• If you don’t want to get on any body’s nerves, smile and be nice to them (like making them laugh).
• If you get bullied, just go and tell a grownup.
• Remember to say to yourself:

Poisonous thoughts and antidotes
Some thoughts are like poisons and make us feel bad.
Some thoughts are like medicine and make us feel better.

• I’m stupid
• I’m not very pretty
• At least I like school dinners.
• I can’t do that.
• Everyone makes mistakes sometimes
• I’ll just keep on trying
• I hate school.
• I can’t find it
• It won’t work
• I’m rubbish at this.
• I’m getting better at this

Changing poisons to medicines
• I sometimes think I`m not that good with my work.
 But yesterday I did 1 whole page and a half.
• I some times think I don`t have any friends.
 But I do have friends and I will get more.
• I sometimes think I hate school
 I do love Friday afternoons at school.