When one patient had her stomach pumped in the er after an attempted antidepressant overdose, Linehan told her parents not to come, and had her takeacab home and report for work the next day.
Take to the adjacent roadway and invite being creamed by a bus or cab? (Usually, I do.) Or simply slow down, even stop, telling yourself that five or 10 years from now nobody will remember you were seven minutes late to whatever appointment you're heading to?