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worksheets .distress tolerance WorksHeet 11   (Distress Tolerance Handout 14, 14a)
half- Smiling and Willing h ands
Due Date:       Name:                   Week Starting:  
Describe your practice with half-  smiling and willing hands this past week. Practice each day at least 
once. Practice both when you are not emotionally distressed and when you are distressed.
Check off  any of the following exercises that you did.
 1. Half- smiled when I first woke up in the 
morning.
 2. Half- smiled during my free moments.
 3. Half- smiled with willing hands while I 
was listening to music.
 4. Half- smiled with willing hands when I 
was irritated.
 5. Half- smiled in a lying-down position.
 6. Half- smiled in a sitting position.
 7. Half- smiled when I was walking down 
the street. 8. Half- smiled with willing hands when my 
feelings were hurt.
 9. Half- smiled with willing hands when I did 
not want to accept something.
10. Half- smiled with willing hands when I 
started getting really angry.