
08/11/2022
Mental Health Awareness Tip: Urge Surfing
Urge surfing is a technique for managing your unwanted behaviors. Rather than giving in to an urge, you will ride it out, like a surfer riding a wave. After a short time, the urge will pass on its own.
1. TRIGGER: An urge is triggered by a person, place, thought, feeling, or something else.
2. RISE: The urge becomes more intense. This may happen gradually or very
suddenly.
3. PEAK: The urge reaches its most intense point. It may feel as if the urge will
never go away.
4. FALL: The urge loses intensity and eventually fades away.
Managing Triggers:
Use coping skills to reduce the power of triggers. Know your triggers ahead of time, and have a strategy or skill prepared for each one.
Examples: deep breathing if stressed, eating if hungry, leaving a location if it is high risk.
Delay & Distraction:
Do something to take your mind off the urge. Every minute you delay increases the chance of the urge weakening on its own.
Examples: go for a walk, listen to music, call a friend, read a book, practice a hobby.
If you feel like you are facing challenges dealing with unwanted triggers on a daily basis and need someone to talk to you and give you some guidance, do not hesitate to reach out to us.
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