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Activity Schedule & Obstacle Plan

Schedule specific activities and plan for what might get in the way.

Week 4
Appendix D

Scheduled Activities

Activity 1
Day & Time
Did I Do It?
Activity 2
Day & Time
Did I Do It?

Obstacle Planning

Potential Obstacle
My Plan to Handle It
Potential Obstacle
My Plan to Handle It

The Pause Before the Story

Describe the situation. What did your loved one do or not do?
What did you notice in your body? (Chest tight, jaw clenched, stomach dropping, etc.)
What was the story your nervous system wrote? (The first-draft interpretation)
What was the feeling underneath the story? (Scared, exhausted, helpless, alone, etc.)
What need of yours got activated? (To see progress, to feel like your effort matters, etc.)
With the story paused — what might they have been feeling? Was this the anhedonia, the shame, the executive dysfunction?
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