Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's your number 1 MH tip?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up117file-text
arrow-up117message-squareWhat's your number 1 MH tip?Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWhen panicking, use a grounding technique. My favorite is to look around you and pick five items, then imagine what it would be like to lick them. What would it taste like? Feel like? Smell like? Would it make a sound? It’s stupid but it has worked for me many times.
minus-squaregid@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoOooh that’s similar to one I was taught: Look around and try identify 5 different objects Close your eyes and try to identify 4 different sounds Run your fingers over your clothes and try to identify 3 different textures Breathe in through your nose and try to identify 2 different smells Run your tongue around your teeth and try to identify a taste (Adjust as needed for your body and sense perceptions).
When panicking, use a grounding technique. My favorite is to look around you and pick five items, then imagine what it would be like to lick them. What would it taste like? Feel like? Smell like? Would it make a sound?
It’s stupid but it has worked for me many times.
Oooh that’s similar to one I was taught:
Look around and try identify 5 different objects
Close your eyes and try to identify 4 different sounds
Run your fingers over your clothes and try to identify 3 different textures
Breathe in through your nose and try to identify 2 different smells
Run your tongue around your teeth and try to identify a taste
(Adjust as needed for your body and sense perceptions).