* Shower – Not a bath, a shower. Use water as hot or cold as you like. You don’t even need to wash. Just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. Sit on the floor if you have to.

* Moisturize everything. Use whatever lotion you like and use it all over your entire dermis.

* Put on clean, comfortable clothes – Put on your favorite underwear. Cute black lacy panties? Those ridiculous boxers you bought last Christmas with pink love hearts on the butt? Put them on.

* Drink cold water – Use ice. If you want add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.

* Clean something – Doesn’t have to be anything big. Organise one drawer of a desk. Wash five dirty dishes. Do a load of laundry.

* Blast music – Listen to something upbeat and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. Sing to it, dance to it, even if you suck at both.

* Make food – Take the time and make food. Even if it’s beans on toast. Prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something.

* Make something – Write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. Even if you don’t think you’re good at it. Create.

* Go outside – Take a walk. Sit in the grass. Look at the clouds. Smell flowers. Put your hands in the dirt and feel the soil against your skin.

* Call someone – Call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. Talk to a stranger on the street. If you can’t bring yourself to call, text or email. Even if you don’t say much, listen to them. It helps.

* Cuddle your pets – Take pictures of them. Talk to them. Tell them how you feel.