If you are feeling like you are vulnerable and are about to fall in to a trip of dipping in to an helpful, eating disordered behaviour (i.e. binging, purging, starving, self-injury, over exercising or of course, withdrawing insulin) carefully read through this list of distractions/coping mechanisms. You may find they give you an idea of something else to do or that one takes your fancy.

A good idea is to make a coping bank; find an old shoebox, an old piggy bank or tupperware container etc and decorate it to suit your tastes (this could be pictures of loved ones, ribbons, affirmations, etc.) Cut a small slit somewhere on the coping bank; you will make your deposits here. On lots of little pieces of paper, write coping mechanisms that you know will help you in a bad situation. When new ideas strike you, deposit them in the coping bank. Place your coping bank somewhere where you will frequently see it to remind you that you a strong and always have alternative methods of coping rather than unhelpful ones. The next time you feel you cannot cope and want to dip in to an unhealthy behaviour, go to the coping bank and do what it says!