Sometimes a feeling needs attention, but we are not ready to work through it yet. Give it a name, place a plaster over it, and come back when you feel ready.
You don't need to understand the feeling completely. You can simply acknowledge that something is there.
Optional. You can leave this blank.
Your feeling can be here without needing to be solved.
You have acknowledged something important. Now you can choose to place it in your emotional first-aid box, so it will be there if and when you want to return to it.
Sometimes it is a choice to pause, rather than force yourself to process something when you're already overwhelmed. The feeling may still be there, and you may need support with it, but it doesn't have to be fully explored in this moment.
These are feelings you have acknowledged and chosen to leave for another time. Nothing here has a deadline.
There is no correct number of plasters. You can choose what to return to, what you may need support with, and what no longer needs revisiting.
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You can lift a plaster gently. You don't have to take it off all at once, and you don't need to make sense of everything today.
You can leave the plaster where it is.
You can answer one question, all of them, or none.
A difficult feeling may need care, support, time, practical action or a conversation with someone you trust. You can use this tool alongside support from a therapist or healthcare professional; it is not a replacement for urgent help or necessary action to keep yourself safe.
You do not have to work through painful experiences alone.
