Feel Like Poop Emotional First Aid Kit

05/19/2026

Every Home Has A Physical First Aid Kit - Why Don't You Have An Emotional First Aid Kit?

Band aids. Ointment. Gauze. Medicine. Ice packs.

But what do we have ready for the moments when someone feels anxious, overwhelmed, stressed, panicky, nervous, shut down, or like they just can’t think straight?

That’s why every home needs an Emotional First Aid Kit in the cabinet right next to the physical first aid kit.

When big emotions hit, the brain can go into survival mode. Logic gets harder. Words get harder. Problem-solving gets harder. So the first goal is not to “calm down” with willpower. The goal is to help the body feel safe enough for the thinking brain to come back online.

Here are some simple items to include:

Instant ice pack
What it is: A cold pack that does not need to be frozen
Why it helps: Cold can help interrupt the panic spiral and bring the body back to the present moment
How to use: Activate it and place it on your chest, neck, face, or hands for short periods while breathing slowly

Eye cover
What it is: A soft mask or eye cover
Why it helps: It reduces visual stimulation when the world feels like too much
How to use: Put it on, sit or lie down, and give your brain a few quiet minutes

Ear plugs
What it is: Simple noise-reducing ear plugs
Why it helps: Less noise can help calm an overstimulated nervous system
How to use: Use them when sounds feel sharp, loud, or overwhelming

Fidgets
What it is: Small sensory tools for your hands
Why it helps: Movement and touch can give anxious energy somewhere safe to go
How to use: Hold, squeeze, roll, twist, or rub while focusing on the feeling in your hands

Journal and pen
What it is: A place to get thoughts out of your head
Why it helps: Writing can slow racing thoughts and help you name what you are feeling
How to use: Write one sentence: “Right now I feel…” Then write one thing you need next

Adult coloring sheet
What it is: A simple calming activity
Why it helps: Coloring gives the brain a low-pressure task and can help shift attention away from worry
How to use: Color for 5 minutes without worrying about making it look perfect

Calming reminder cards
What it is: Short reminders for hard moments
Why it helps: When emotions are high, we forget what we know. Simple words can help guide us back
How to use: Read one card slowly and repeat it out loud: “This is uncomfortable, but I am safe”

Calming playlist
What it is: Music chosen to help settle the body and mind
Why it helps: Sound can help regulate breathing, heart rate, and mood
How to use: Put on headphones or play it softly. Let the music lead your breathing

Calming app
What it is: Access to guided breathing, mindfulness, or relaxation tools
Why it helps: A calm voice and simple steps can help when you do not know what to do next
How to use: Open the app and choose a short breathing or grounding exercise

Sour candy
What it is: A strong taste-based grounding tool
Why it helps: Sour flavor grabs the brain’s attention and can help pull you out of a panic loop
How to use: Place one piece in your mouth and focus on the taste, texture, and sensation

Mint chewing gum
What it is: Gum with a strong mint flavor
Why it helps: Chewing and mint can be grounding and give anxious energy a physical outlet
How to use: Chew slowly and breathe through your nose

Lavender cream
What it is: A calming scented lotion or cream
Why it helps: Scent and touch can signal comfort and safety to the nervous system
How to use: Rub a small amount on your hands and notice the smell, texture, and warmth

Cooling towel
What it is: A towel that feels cool when dampened
Why it helps: Cool sensation can help calm the body when emotions feel intense
How to use: Wet it, wring it out, and place it on your neck, face, or arms

Calming instructions
What it is: A simple step-by-step card for what to do first
Why it helps: When the brain is overwhelmed, decisions feel hard. Instructions reduce the need to think
How to use: Follow the card in order: cold, breathe, ground, move, write, reset

A short book on anxiety
What it is: A simple, practical book that explains anxiety in a way that makes sense, such as The Anxiety Cheat Code
Why it helps: Reading about anxiety before a big emotion can help you understand what is happening in your brain and body. Reading after a big emotion can help you reflect, learn patterns, and build confidence for next time
How to use: Read a few pages when you are calm so the tools are already familiar. After a tough moment, go back and read again to remind yourself that anxiety is uncomfortable, but it is not in charge

An emotional first aid kit does not make stress disappear. It gives you tools to get through the wave.

Keep one at home. Send one with your college student. Give one to someone going through a hard season. It makes a great graduation gift, send-off-to-college gift, or get-well-soon gift.

Assemble your own or purchase a ready-made one at FeelLikeP**p.com

Because we all feel like p**p sometimes.

Feel Like P**p: Emotional First Aid Kit
Created by therapist and former school principal, Dr. Bryan Pearlman.

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to the moms who hold everything together with coffee, courage, prayer, patience, and love they somehow keep finding even when they are completely exhausted.

To the single moms carrying the worry, the bills, the schedules, the hard conversations, the hugs, and managing behaviors and emotions while trying to hold everyone together, you are doing sacred work. You may not always hear thank you enough, but please know this. Your love is becoming someone’s strength, someone’s safety, and someone’s reason to keep going.

To the grandparents raising children for the next generation, starting over when you thought that season had passed, your love is a gift beyond words. Every lunch packed, ride given, tear wiped, and bedtime handled is building a foundation a child will stand on for the rest of their life.

To the bonus moms, stepmoms, grandmas, aunts, foster moms, adoptive moms, older sisters, teachers, and all the mother figures who stepped in, stayed close, and loved a child like their own, thank you. Some of the most beautiful families are built by love, not just biology.

And to those who find Mother’s Day complicated because of grief, loss, longing, distance, or difficult relationships, you are seen today too.

Happy Mother’s Day to every person who has made a child feel safe, loved, wanted, guided, and never alone.

Your love matters more than you know. ❤️

05/09/2026

A therapist in Boston just posted a video about the "Feel Like P**p" Emotional First Aid Kit. I love it!

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05/07/2026

Graduation gifts do not have to be forgotten in a drawer two weeks later.

The Feel Like P**p Emotional First Aid Kit is a practical, therapist-created gift that students can actually use during stressful moments, anxiety, overwhelm, homesickness, big emotions, late-night studying, test anxiety, and the transition to college or adulthood.

Created by a therapist, educational psychology professor, and former school principal, this kit is filled with simple brain and body calming tools designed to help people regulate, reset, and get through hard moments.

Perfect for:
High school graduates
College students
First apartment gifts
Care packages
Student athletes
Students leaving home for the first time

Because sometimes the best gift is not more “stuff.”
It is knowing someone cared enough to help you through the hard days too.

Learn more:
FeelLikeP**p.com

04/22/2026

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04/17/2026

Why Every Home Should Have an Emotional First Aid Kit

As a therapist and former school principal, I really believe every home should have some version of an emotional first aid kit. Hard moments are part of being human. Kids get overwhelmed, teens shut down, and adults hit their limit too.

An emotional first aid kit is simply a small box, bag, or container filled with tools that help calm the body and steady the mind during stress, anxiety, panic, frustration, or emotional overload. It is the emotional version of the kit you keep for cuts, burns, or headaches.

Why does it matter? Because when big emotions hit, adrenaline takes over and we move into fight, flight, or freeze. The thinking brain gets quieter, the survival brain takes over, and IQ drops. Logic, problem solving, and communication all get harder. That is why “just calm down” usually does not work.

An emotional first aid kit helps break that cycle quickly. It gives you something concrete to do so the body can settle and the brain can come back online.

It might include a cold pack, a stress ball or fidget, gum or sour candy, a calming scent, earbuds or ear plugs, a journal, a soft comfort item, or a simple grounding card with calming steps.

Be prepared. The middle of a big emotion is the worst time to try to figure out what helps or go searching for tools.

And if you do not want to build one from scratch, there are also ready-made ones at FeelLikeP**p.com.

04/13/2026

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04/12/2026

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04/11/2026

04/10/2026

10 Reasons an Emotional First Aid Kit Is Just as Important as a Physical First Aid Kit

We would never tell someone with a cut, burn, or sprained ankle to just “figure it out” without support. So why do we do that when someone is having a panic attack, feeling overwhelmed, shutting down, or falling apart emotionally?

As a therapist, former school principal, and the creator of the "Feel Like P**p" Emotional First Aid Kit, I believe every home, school, office, team, and college dorm should have support ready for big emotions too. Here’s why:

1. Emotional pain is real pain
Anxiety, panic, stress, grief, and overwhelm do not just live in your head. They show up in the body too. Racing heart, nausea, shaking, chest tightness, tears, irritability, and shutdown are real human responses that deserve real support.

2. You do not rise to the occasion when overwhelmed
You fall to the level of your preparation. In moments of stress, people often cannot think clearly, problem solve well, or remember what helps. A kit gives simple, ready-to-use tools when your brain is not at its best.

3. Early support can keep things from getting worse
A physical first aid kit helps with the small things before they become bigger problems. Emotional first aid works the same way. Catching stress, panic, or emotional overload early can help prevent a full meltdown, shutdown, or spiral.

4. Big emotions can happen anywhere
At home. At school. At work. In the car. Before a test. Before a game. Before a speech. After bad news. Emotional distress does not wait for a convenient time. Having tools nearby matters.

5. “Calm down” is not a strategy
Most people want to help, but they do not always know how. Telling someone to calm down rarely works. Giving them actual tools and steps they can use is much more helpful and much more compassionate.

6. Mental health deserves the same respect as physical health
We have worked hard to reduce the stigma around mental health, but too often support is still an afterthought. An emotional first aid kit sends a powerful message: your feelings matter, your struggles are real, and support is okay.

7. Kids and adults both need help with regulation
Many people were never really taught how to calm their body, ground themselves, or move through hard emotions in a healthy way. A kit can help teach and reinforce those skills in a practical, nonjudgmental way.

8. It helps people feel less alone
When someone is struggling emotionally, they often feel embarrassed, broken, weak, or isolated. Having a kit available says, this happens to people, you are not weird, and you are not alone.

9. Prevention is always better than crisis
We keep bandages, ice packs, and medicine around just in case. Emotional tools should be just as normal. It is better to have support ready before you desperately need it than to wish you had it later.

10. Every house should have one next to the physical first aid kit
Because life is hard sometimes. Because people panic. Because kids melt down. Because teens get overwhelmed. Because adults carry a lot. Because emotions are part of being human. And because support should be ready when big feelings hit.

Physical first aid helps the body. Emotional first aid helps the person.

And the truth is, we need both.

More information at: FeelLikeP**p.com.