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Two AOD lessons and one coping skill — each with age-adapted language and prescribable film, music, and reading matched to your patient's life stage. Pick an age group to see the full toolkit.

Age group:
Armed and Out the Door
Week 1

PANIC

Trigger: Racing heart, can't breathe

Weapon: Feet on Floor 10sec + Box Breath 4-4-4-4 x2 + Hand on Chest

"Panic is a nervous system event, not a thinking problem — which is why thinking your way out of it does not work. The weapon sequence works at the physiological level: proprioceptive grounding through the feet, vagal activation through slow breath, and self-compassion signaling through the hand on chest. Do the sequence before you try to reason."

Suggested practice: Practice the weapon sequence once today when you are calm so your body knows the path before it needs it.

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Right now: both feet flat on the floor, feel the ground. Box breath — in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4. Repeat twice. Hand on chest. Say: I am here. I am safe. I can breathe.

Prescribable media — 18–25

EuphoriaSearch on YouTube

Rue's panic sequences — the nervous system in full alarm, and what brings her back.

"Breathe Me" — SiaSearch on YouTube

About the moment after panic — coming back to yourself.

DARE: The New Way to End Anxiety by Barry McDonaghFind on Google Books

Practical reframe of anxiety as energy rather than danger.

Armed and Out the Door
Week 2

RAGE

Trigger: Fuming, about to explode

Weapon: Pause Protocol 20sec + Feet on Floor + One Person rule

"Rage is a full-system threat response — cortisol, adrenaline, tunnel vision. The prefrontal cortex goes offline. The weapon sequence works by interrupting the escalation before you act: 20 seconds of silence, proprioceptive grounding, and narrowing your focus to one person. You cannot think your way out of rage. You have to move through the body first."

Suggested practice: Identify your last rage moment. What was the trigger? What did you do in the first 20 seconds? What would the weapon have changed?

Try this now

Right now: do not speak. Feet on the floor. Count 20 seconds — out loud if you need to. One person: who is the one person in this situation you are actually talking to? Stay with them. Everything else waits.

Prescribable media — 18–25

EuphoriaSearch on YouTube

Nate's rage sequences — what happens when the pause never comes.

"Liability" — LordeSearch on YouTube

About the cost of unchecked emotional intensity.

The Anger Trap by Les CarterFind on Google Books

Practical framework for understanding what rage is protecting and how to redirect it.

Coping Skill
Anxiety

Flight Anxiety Grounding Plan

Trigger: Flying, turbulence, boarding anxiety

Weapon: Name body sensations + 5 breaths + 4-3 sensory scan

"Fear of flying is not irrational — it is a mismatch between what your nervous system was built to detect and what is actually happening. Your brain is doing threat detection in an environment it was never designed for. The grounding plan gives it accurate data instead of letting it fill in the blanks."

Suggested practice: Before your next flight, write out your three-step grounding plan. Practice it once on the ground so your nervous system has a rehearsed response ready.

Try this now

Right now: name what your body is doing — tight chest, shallow breath, scanning the cabin. Say out loud or write: This is my nervous system doing its job. I am not in danger. Then: five slow breaths, four things you can see, three you can touch. You are not calming down — you are giving your brain accurate information.

Prescribable media — 18–25

Up in the AirSearch on YouTube

Reframes flying as something that can become neutral with familiarity and routine.

"Learning to Fly" — Tom PettySearch on YouTube

About moving through fear toward something on the other side.

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund BourneFind on Google Books

Step-by-step exposure and grounding tools specifically for phobias including flight anxiety.

296 more skills in the full library.

Active patients receive access to the complete care library — 200 Armed and Out the Door lessons and 96 coping skills, each released by Dr. Edwards and tailored to your age group. Every skill includes age-adapted language and prescribable film, music, and reading.

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