Coping Cheat Sheet
Imagine the cheat sheet as a helpful guide. It shows different ways to deal with the gender dysphoria, starting with the skills for when the gender dysphoria starts to appear all the way to when it feels overwhelming. At the top of the cheat sheet, your personal mindful awareness strategies are listed. Towards the end of the cheat sheet are your unique avoidant coping strategies.
We have created a downloadable version for you to save to your phone or computer for easy access.
It takes a while to learn and practice new coping skills, but it’s really worth it! We suggest you keep this helpful list nearby for the next few months. That way, you can easily look at it and remember all the different skills you can use. As you keep practicing, you’ll notice that you won’t need the list as much because the skills will become more natural for you.
What’s even more awesome is that when you keep practicing these skills, you’ll feel more and more confident in dealing with the gender dysphoria. This will help you resist it and have more happy moments of gender euphoria!!
Just a friendly reminder: you can come back to this program whenever you want and redo any of the sections. This last section is like a helpful and quick review to refresh your memory about the different skills you learned and when to use them.
Now it’s time to start using what you’ve learned in your everyday life! Be kind to yourself as you try out these coping skills and always look for moments of gender euphoria!
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