Pleasant and Distracting Activities

This fact sheet suggests some pleasant and distracting activities that may help with dealing with negative emotions.

Engaging in enjoyable activities is likely to improve your mood and can help you tolerate negative emotions.

When you notice an urge to engage in a disordered behaviour, it is important to try to delay the urge. Delaying is a very important tactic because if you can delay the urge long enough, the urge will decrease in intensity and then pass.

Some examples of distracting and pleasant activities are:

See the PDF for more suggestions of distracting and pleasant activities you might like to try.