I'm just going to be blunt, anxiety sucks.
I know, because I suffer from it and when you are in the middle of an anxiety attack,
or you're feeling incredibly overwhelmed, it can feel like nothing will help.
Today I want to share with you a grounding technique that I use when I'm feeling especially
anxious or overwhelmed, so stay tuned.
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Today I wanted to share a grounding technique that I learned and I use when I am in the
midst of an anxiety attack, a panic attack, or when I'm feeling particularly overwhelmed.
I hope that it helps you as well.
This is called the Five, Four, Three, Two, One Grounding Technique.
It is a technique that I come back to again and again, anytime that I need to recenter,
refocus and tune back into myself.
It is especially helpful when I find myself in the midst of an anxiety attack, or when
I am feeling overwhelmed.
I'm going to walk you through what Five, Four, Three, Two, One is, and then I'll actually
do a round where I demonstrate what it looks like.
To begin, we want to sit with our feet on the ground.
We want to keep that connection with the earth to remain centered and aligned.
Then, what I would ask myself is what are five things I can see?
What are four things I can touch?
What are three things I can hear?
What are two things I can smell?
What is one thing I can taste?
What this does is it brings us to the present moment.
When we're in the midst of an anxiety attack, or we're feeling overwhelmed, what's happening
is we're feeling like we have to do it all, all at once.
We feel like we are spinning out of control because we can't take care of everything that
we need to in that moment.
What Five, Four, Three, Two, One enables us to do is become present in ourselves, become
present in the moment, and tune into what is actually happening rather than getting
caught in the cycle of what's going on in our brains.
I'm going to demonstrate it right now.
I'm going to sit.
I'm going to sit with my feet connected to the earth so I am connected to the ground.
My spine is long and straight.
Then I'm going to ask myself, "What are five things I can see?"
I see my video camera light equipment.
I see a blue/gray chair.
I see my makeup bag.
I see an extension cord, and I see my coffee mug.
"What are four things I can touch?"
I can touch my left thigh and the jeans that I'm wearing.
I can touch the cabinet that my laptop is on.
I can touch the back of my neck, and I can touch the microphone cord.
"What are three things I hear?"
I hear the...
There's a tapping sound because it's really windy outside right now, and so there is a
flap on the outside of the building that taps when it's really windy.
I can hear the hum of my laptop, and I could hear somebody moving in the space next door.
"What are two things that I smell?"
I smell some of the aromatherapy essential oils that we use in this space, and there's
a hint of coffee in the air from my coffee mug, from the coffee that I had this morning.
"What's one thing that I taste?"
I can taste a little bit of the minty toothpaste that I used before I recorded this video.
Then I'm going to tune into how I'm feeling, and already I can tell you that I've slowed
down.
I feel more grounded.
I feel more connected, and I feel much more present in this moment because I've brought
my awareness to what is actually around me to what I can see, what I can touch, what
I can hear, what I can smell, and what I can taste.
I'd like to know if you have tried this Five, Four, Three, Two One grounding technique,
and how it works for you.
Let me know in the comments below.
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