The barometer:  we gage pressure from those around us to tell how we are doing.

Drink from the cup:  sometimes life is like a bitter cup of tea, if its hot drink if its cold reheat or pour another cup

drifting off: When I have trouble sleeping, go into drift mode..like the sound going down slowly I let is all drift away.

Spot the tiger:  see that you have to control you inner anger

the thousand year night:  on long nights imagine you have a 1,000 years sleep

silent mode..if you are quiet you dont respond to those who try to belittle or harass

bend the bamboo:  you push your self to the pont that is still comfortable not too easy..like if you can max a 100 push ups do 50...

raise iron horse- picking your self up ..and getting the car started on a winter day

shelter emotions-  find a spot to focus on..in your life that insulates your emotions from being vulnerable to the outside world

pact to sleep- monitor your sleep if you dont get at least 6 hours call in sick and sleep all day

red zone- know when you are in a precarious position with your mental health

eye of the beholder:  what ever you focus on becomes the new delusion..

bend like the grass:  sometime people with schhizophrneia are hypersensitve, as they spew out their rhetoric.and it feels directed at you..imagin the wind blowing the grass it bends but it doesnt break.